John:
>Given the lack of similarity between Tyrrhenian and Uralic,
>and that PIE has links to both do you see the links between the
>three going
>
>Tyrrhenian <--> PIE <--> Uralic?
No, I consider Tyrrhenian and IE to be part of a larger Indo-
Tyrrhenian grouping that is on a par with Boreal (Uralic-Yuk.,
EskAleut, CKam). Uralic is a representative of Boreal and
IE is a representative of IndoTyrrhenian. Both Boreal and
IndoTyrrhenian derive from Proto-Steppe.
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IndoTyrrhenian Boreal |
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| IE Ural. Yuk. EskAleut Altaic
Tyrrhenian
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| _|______________
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EteoCyp Lemnian Etruscan Rhaetic
- gLeN
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