From what I've
read, Kartvelian arrived from the East,
maybe Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan c. 2000 BC
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A.F :
I think Kartvelian is autochthonous in
Caucasus.
This group is conspicuous for displaying no
clear
indication that is closely to either PIE or
SinoTibetan
or North Asiatic languages, nor Semitic.
If you push KArtvelian that will draw even more to
the East
Central PIE (Indo-Iranian, Balto-slavic, Greek) and
Germanic because of KArtvelian
Loanwords.
I believe Central PIE and KArtvelian position are
ok.
The issues are Germanic and Finno-Volgaic-PErmic
positions.
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The Finnish
linguists on lists with whom I've spoken
all say that Uralic arrived in
Finland sometime
between 2000 BC & 1 AD from the East. I've never
run
into one who claimed Finnish is autochthonous to
Finland, they also
mention a strong pre-Uralic
substate in Saami.
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A.F
What do they think the starting position was
?
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I think a better argument is that
Germanic was the NNW
edge of IE and was between Central IE and
Uralic,
perhaps moving west at roughly the same pace as
Uralic, and that
as it moved to the NW, Celtic, Baltic
and Slavic followed right behind,
filling any vacuums.
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A.F
I agree with this "shift/drift"
process.
I think it started from far away :
Germanic being in South URals and
Finno-Ugric
being in the Ob river basin. (North and
South)
There is a kind of "shock wave"
process
in North Central Asia :
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Huns
Turks
Mongols
All these people came from East to West
:
relative Chronology = relative
positions
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