Re: [tied] Kasgian languages

Could they have been related the Colchians due to their geographic
position, and maybe have spoke a Hurro-Urartian or Elamo-Dravidian
language? Of course we can only speculate.

-Michael

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:59:35 +0200 "Milos Bogdanovic" <milos@...>
writes:

> > >Hello,
> > >Does anyone on the list have any information about the Kasgian
> > >language group of Northern Anatolia? I can't find anything on the
>
> > >web. I see from Mallory and Adams (EIEC) that it was a non-IE
> > >language family that is not well documented.
> >
> > As far as I know, it's not documented at all.
>
> Do they have any connection with Qashqai in Iran, for whom is
> claimed
> that they are of Turkish origin?
>
> I found this:
>
> "The Qashqai are one of tribes of migratory herders in Iran. Not
> really a
> tribe
> exactly but rather a tribal confederation of people sharing closely
> related
> dialects
> and ethnic identity. The Qashqai are primarily descended from
> Turkoman
> or Azeri/{Ersari} tribes. They speak a language that is in the
> Southern
> Azeri/{Ersari}
> language family. Some suggest Qashqai is a separate language but I
> do not
> think
> that can be supported. I am pleased to see that the Ethnologue in
> the most
> recent
> edition changed its classification to agree with me. ..."
>
> Milos Bogdanovic
>
>
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