Re: [tied] Re: Woof

I have to admit that Pat may have a point on this. The New Guinean "singing dog", from the little I've read on it, seems to be a semi-domestic breed, and is possibly closely related to the ancestor of the dingo. It is possible that the modern "Asian" breeds may have been an innovation that caused people to abandon less tamer breeds, much as ferrets were abandoned for cats.

Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

----- Original Message -----

From: vadesi314

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:56 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: Woof

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

> The people "in or near China" who domesticated the dog, are likely to
> have spoken a language which was spoken in or near China. That is more
> likely to have been ST than IE.

It could've been just as likely a finno-ugrian language

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Patrick:

Or, of course, PIE like Tocharian.

While it is possible that most all modern breeds are descended from dogs originating in or near China some 15,000 years ago, that does not necessarily mean that non-Asian canine breeds were not formerly (15,000+ ybp) prevalent.

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