[tied] Re: The physical type of proto-Indo-Europeans

>
> > Group 4: A group speaking a _Uralic_ language, and

ethnically

> resembling modern Northern Germanic peoples (Swedes, Danes,
> Norwegians, and Northern Germans; some Poles; some Balts; and

Finns,

> situated at the beginning of historical times in North_eastern_
> Europe) (Uralic);
>
> You'd have to account somehow for the fact that none of the non-

IE

> substrate words in the languages spoken today within that area

are

> Uralic.
>
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> Patrick:
>
> Well, I cannot do it. I can guess Basque or whatever was there

but I see no proof for the language affinities of what we think may
be substrate.

>
> ***
>
>
> > Group 5: A group speaking an _Austronesian_ language, and
> ethnically resembling modern Dravidians, and Asian islanders,
> situated at the beginning of historical times along the Asian

coast

> (Austronesian).
> >
> > One might notice the absence of a couple of languages one

might

> expect: PIE and Semitic.
> >
>
> And Sino-Tibetan. And Austro-Asiatic. And Indo-Pacific.
>
>
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> Patrick:
>
> As Bush would say, it is a "security" matter. I am not going to

speculate publicly yet.

>
> ***

There is no security in factlessness.


Torsten