If so we should deny modern classification of the
Slavic group languages (Western, Southern and Eastern subgroups) as basing not
on genetic (in linguistic sense) but rather on geographic
principles.
It seems that there should be at least 5 Slavic
subgroups:
1. Northern (Polish and related dialects);
2. Czech-Slovak (+ languages of Slavs between Oder
and Elbe ?);
3. West Balkan (Slovene, Serbian,
Croatian);
4. East Balkan (Bulgarian, Macedonian)
5. Eastern (Byelorussian etc. - until we consider
this subgroup attentively).
Subgroups 2. and 3. should be closer
genetically to each other than 1. and 2. or 3. and 4.
Is it so?
Alexander
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Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:36
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Subject: Re: [tied] for ignorants
...
Until the intrusion of the Magyars
there was no abrupt boundary between the Western Slavs (and in particular
Proto-Czech/Slovak) and the Serbian/Croatian/Slovene group. They formed a
dialectal continuum ...
Piotr