[tied] Re: Woof

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: vadesi314<mailto:geka314@...>
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:56 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Woof
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cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com>, "tgpedersen
" <tgpedersen@> wrote:

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> > 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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> ***

The only reason I can see for that extra assumption is to rescue an
unspoken premise that a people speaking a Sino-Tibetan language is
capable only of imitation, not invention. That's what they used to
say of the Japanese when I was a kid.


Torsten