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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > Here's an example:
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> > Languages X and Y are assumed descended from
> > reconstructed language
> > Z.
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> > Language X is spoken in area A.
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> > Language Y is spoken in area B.
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> > Therefore language Z was spoken in area B.
> >
> > Is this correct logic?
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> ****GK: Not unless you assume that the descent of Y
> from Z occurred in area B.****
> >

You didn't get it, obviously. It was your own logic you commented.


Torsten