Re: [tied] Likely IE home: India

As far as I can see there was a real Common Satem language but there were no "Common Centum language" (if we don't want to apply this term to PIE proper).

That Common Satem produced later Common IndoIranian, Common BaltoSlavic, Common ArmenoPhrygian, Common Thracian ... What else?

Piotr, what should be put instead of the very last group of dots in your scheme?

I mean, what language was the _last_ who separated from the future Common Satem?

Alexander

----- Original Message -----

From: Piotr Gasiorowski

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:51 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Likely IE home: India

Let me rephrase it then. There was no Centum/Satem split because what Satem split from was not Centum as a coordinate "sister language" but a smaller cluster of IE dialects. Not like this (with a primary split corresponding to the old East/West division):

      +--Centum (Western IE)

      |

PIE---+

      |

      +--Satem (Eastern IE)

but more like this (details debatable):

      +--Anatolian

      |

PIE---+ +--Tocharian

      | |

      +--+     +--Satem

         |     |

         +-...-+

               |

              +--...

Piotr