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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:> East to west? Where do you locate
Proto-Finno-Ugric, then, and on what grounds? I think everyone
agrees that Finno-Ugric borrowed extensively from early Iranian and
probably from Common Indo-Iranian, but if anything, this supports
the traditional scenario of an Indo-Iranian homeland in the Eurasian
steppe zone.
No, not everyone. There are linguists who hold different views.
See
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/18898
What is wrong with a review of Graham Hancock's book? You are
entitled to your views, so is BP Radhakrishna entitled to his.
Differing views cannot be hammered down as motivated without going
through the journal and the editorial in full. Don't go by my
excerpts alone. Maybe, I am prejudiced too according your yardstick.