Indo-European dispersal
From: geoffpowers@...
Message: 13978
Date: 2002-07-08
What are the latest theories about the dispersal of Indo-
European speakers?
I have just re-read an the article by Tamaz Gamkrelidze and
V. V. Ivanov (1990) which postulates that Eastern Anatolia
was the dispersal point/'homeland' of the Indo-European
languages, rather than an area in Southern Ukraine/Russia
favoured by many other theorists.
Gamkrelidze and Ivanov's theory may account for the well-
documented historical contacts between IE and the Kartvelian
languages (Georgian, Mingrelian, Laz, and Svan).
What role might the theory of Black Sea inundation have
played in language dispersal?
Geoff Powers
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