Re: Also an Austro-Asiatic Disconnect

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

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <smykelkar@...> wrote:
> ..............
> > "Bernard Sergent traces practically all Indian language families to
> > foreign origins. He confirms the East-Asian origins of both the
> > Tibeto-Burmese languages (Lepcha, Naga, Mizo etc.) and the
> > Austro-Asiatic languages (Santal, Munda, Khasi etc.). Though many
> > tribals in central and southern India are the biological progeny of
> > India's oldest human inhabitants, their adopted languages are all of
> > foreign origin. To Sergent, this is true of not only Austro-Asiatic
> > and Indo-Aryan, but also of Dravidian."
> >
> > So the cradle of all non African humanity (Oppenheimer 2003) either
> > resembled the moon or was occupied by mutes not very long ago
> > according to the French Indologist Bernerd Sergent.
>
> Dear Dr. Melkar,
>
> Do you seriously expect anyone to accept this absurd conclusion
> regarding the implications of your quote about Sergent? Does the fact
> that the Turkish language arrived in Anatolia only in the 11th
> century mean that prior to then Anatolia was as deserted as the moon
> or populated by mutes? The quote speaks of *adopted languages*. Do
> you not know what "adopted" means?

People who do not have or cannot have their own children are most
likely to adopt them. People who do not have or cannot have
langauges are most likely to adopt them.

M. Kelkar

>
> And please note, I am neither defending or attacking, Sergent's
> conclusions (nor commenting on whether your quote accurately
> describes Sergent's conclusions) I'm merely pointing out the
> nonsensical nature of your closing comment. Please show a little more
> respect to your readers by refraining from such insults to
> intelligence.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ned Smith
>