Re: [tied] Re: Gypsies again [was: PIE word for "people"]

Daniel J. Milton wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
> wrote:
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> Googling through the Web, I gather that the Dom of India are a
> caste with a Gypsy-Roma-like life style. The don't seem to have a
> special language of their own. I find a number of statements like
> "scholars say they are a Dravidian tribe" or "are thought to be of
> pre-Dravidian origin", but no references or supporting data.
> Dan Milton

Are they the same Doma as on
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dmk
(a Dardic people)?

Notice the comment there: "The people are called 'Bericho', 'Dom', or
'Doma'. _Musicians_; blacksmiths. Muslim."

Grzegorz J.





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