Re: [tied] Genetic Link between Albanian and Romanian

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 30521
Date: 2004-02-02

02-02-04 22:32, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> One more question here related to your very sure opinion :
> "Nonsense".
> Satem / Centum split : the most important division of INDO-
> EUROPEAN languages was detected based on the "Swadesh Lists" or
> Based on the PHONETICAL SYSTEMS OF THESE LANGUAGES???

"The Satem/Centum split" is a passé concept, and certainly not "the most
important division" within IE. Genetic groupings are not based on
phonetic _similarities_.

Piotr