Re: [tied] Likely IE home: India

Thanks for the interesting discussion of this issue. I've asked
someone to send me a copy of Hock's paper where he refutes Misra. I'm
putting my money on Hock. :-)

Some questions:

1) Isn't it true that the relation between Iranian and Vedic Sanskrit
is somewhat anomalous since they both have qualities that make them
appear younger and yet older than each other?

2) Mishra mentioned that Romany and other languages reversed
the 'a,e,o' > 'a' direction when they left India. Is this true? What
are some of the other examples?

3) Does the Centum/Satem split argue against an Indian homeland? Is
it even conceivably possible that Centum split off from an original
Satem?

4) What is a good source for the original Mitanni/Kassite/Hittite
documents with a discussion -- in transliteration please. I don't
want to have to learn cuneiform!