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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andy Howey <andyandmae_howey@...>
wrote:
> Dr. Kalyanaraman:
>
> I was under the impression that Vedic was a north-western dialect
of Indo-Aryan that somewhat predates Sanskrit, thus being of Indo-
European extraction. If Vedic is indeed Austro-Asiatic, as you
claim, then wouldn't your message be off-topic, this being a list
for discussion of PIE and Indo-European languages and all. However,
if "juice" equates to "gold", then I guess Vedic can be a member of
Austro-Asiatic. LOL
I do not know what LOL means, Andy.
The message is not off-topic because I am questioning the received
wisdom of categorising Vedic in IE, PIE contexts. I question the
bases used to determine Vedic as of 'Indo-European extraction'.
Regards.