Re: [tied] Re: Proto Vedic Continuity Theory of Bharatiya (Indian)

--- Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

>
> I dare say there are in the world no fitting
> documented examples of
> a process of language replacement similar to that
> which occurred in
> South Asia. IMOH, this is a still poorly understood
> _unique_ case.

****GK: Well, maybe, maybe not. It is certain that the
traditional "invasion" view is one of the most
"protested" such. *****

Francesco then goes on to make many interesting
observations and references. But to my mind, the
bottom line is this quote from Witzel:

> However,
> linguists and philologists still maintain, and for
> good reasons,
> that some IA speaking groups actually entered from
> the outside, via
> some of the (north)western corridors of the
> subcontinent.

And that's all that is required. Without such an
"invasion", no matter what the subsequent story of who
or what contributed more or less to linguistic change,
there would have been no implantation and development
of Indo-Aryan in India.





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