From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 19999
Date: 2003-03-17
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From: "Michael J Smith" <lookwhoscross-eyednow@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:57 PM
Subject: [tied] Veneti
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> Should Veneti be regarded as an independant Indo-European branch, or
> does it have a genetic relationship with Illyrian or Italic?
A good question :). What little is known about Venetic does not rule out its close relationship to Italic. "Illyrian" is virtually undocumented, but if the tradition according to which Messapic was an offshoot of Illyrian can be trusted, Illyrian may be another small branch related more closely to Italic (+ Venetic), Celtic and perhaps Lusitanian and Germanic than to the rest of IE.
> ANd is it at all possible that Phrygian is a descendant of Armenian?
I doubt it. It appears to be closer to Greek and (Ancient) Macedonian.
Piotr