Re: Also an Austro-Asiatic Disconnect (was: Proto Vedic Continuity

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <smykelkar@...> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
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> > > And how are you tackling the Austro-Asiatic problem? (Munda,
> > > Nicobarese, Aslian and other Mon-Khmer)
> > >
> > > Richard.
> >
> > Our monograph points to the possibility of the presence of
> > austro-asiatic in the Sarasvati civilization area, the saptasindhu
> > region. This has been accepted by HH Hock.
>
> You don't seem to be aware of the problem. What is the genetic
> connection between the speakers of the Munda and Mon-Khmer languages?
> The Indian speakers of Mon-Khmer languages (I believe Khasi is the
> documented case) are genetically quite different to the Munda

speakers.

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> Have you heard of the Austro-Asiatic Invasion Theory?
>
> Richard.
>

Yes I have heard it. The French Indologist Bernard Sergent. Because
the Indian Sub has 5 major language familes other than the
"Indo-European" theyu would also have to have invaded at some point.
So the genetic cradle of all non African humans (Oppenheimer 2003)
would have to have resembled the moon only a few thousand years ago.

The genesis of India according to Bernard Sergent -- a review

<http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/reviews/sergent.html>

5.1. A REMARKABLE BOOK
<http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/books/ait/ch51.htm>

M. Kelkar