Re: Proto Vedic Continuity Theory of Bharatiya (Indian) Langauges

From: Francesco Brighenti
Message: 41682
Date: 2005-10-31

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <smykelkar@...>
wrote:

> Here I reprdouce a message from Dr. Kalyanaraman on the proposed
methodology.
>
> "[...] Nahali glosses are a > stunning reminder (with 40% Munda,
40% indo-aryan and 20% dravidian > words) that there was a
linguistic area in Bhimbhetka times."


The non-Munda, non-Dravidian, non-Indo-Aryan, isolated oldest level
of Nahali, which comprises some 24% of its vocabulary as per
Kuiper's estimate, is conveniently not even mentioned in this
writing. For a correct presentation of the Nahali question see $ 3
of Prof. Witzel's online paper at

http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/ejvs0501/ejvs0501c.txt

Regards,
Francesco Brighenti