From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 50171
Date: 2007-09-30
Ante Aikio, University of Oulu, Giellagas Institute
The
origin of Saami: a critical look at archaeological and linguistic
evidence
The paper provides a
critical review of the suggested connections between various archaeological
cultures and the Saami language. In addition, recent results in comparative
linguistics are summarized. It is shown that the loanword strata in the Saami
languages are inconsistent with an assumption of a long Saami ethnic continuity
in Lapland. The evidence suggests that the Proto-Saami language and Saami ethnic
identity first emerged at a more southern latitude and spread to its present
territory only in the early Iron Age. Consequently, any archaeological culture
in Lapland prior to the Iron Age is best characterized as
non-Saami.
----- Original Message -----From: fournet.arnaudSent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:22 PMSubject: Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian
----- Original Message -----From: Rick McCallisterSent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:22 AMSubject: Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-CaucasianSo when do you think the Saami began speaking Uralic
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A.F
What do you mean ?
Saami people are obviously Uralic, and never spoke anything but Uralic.
Saami is definitely conservative, in the Uralic family.
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and the Finns moved into Finland?============ =====
A.F
They moved into Eastern Europe,
After Germanic split into Westic and Nordic,
and after Iranian split from Indic.
So it must be rather late,
A rough guess : after - 2 000 BC.
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Saami, supposedly has 25% pre-Uralic substrate and I
have no clue about any substrate in Finnish.
I've always wondered about shared substrate among
Germanic, Saami, Balto-Finnic and Baltic --but none of
you will get up off your duffs and figure it out for
me.
--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@ wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@... s.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed
> as Vasco-Caucasian
>
>
> Actually Scandinvia & W Baltic: Sweden, Denmark,
> Lower
> Saxony, Pomorze --Jastorf, right?
> Germanic began to split up sometime around 500 BC,
> right?
> And it spread out from there, right?
> In (continental) Scandinavia, the previous
> inhabitants
> spoke Uralic, namely Saami (and Finnish in
> Finland),
> right?
>
> ============ ========= =======
>
> A.F
>
> Germanic reached Scandinavia BEFORE (Western)
> Uralic.
>
> And I think Germanic split much earlier than 500
> BC,
>
> English and German were different languages as
> early as - 2500,
>
> if you recalibrate glottochronology erosion rate,
> to avoid having French and Italian split as late as
> in the XV century.
>
> (obviously absurd : Standard erosion rate is too
> fast
>
> It has to be slowed down and the result is that
> language splits are pushed into the past)
>
> ============ ========= =====
>
>
> And who knows what they spoke in Denmark and
> Pomorze,
> right?
> Maybe "Folkish"?, maybe "Apple language", who
> knows,
> right?
>
> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@... com> wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@... s.com, Rick
> McCallister
> > <gabaroo6958@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > No one says that Scandinavia was the original
> > homeland
> > > of Germanic --just that it was centered there
> and
> > the
> > > NW Baltic
> >
> > Why 'centered' there? Where exactly is the 'NW
> > Baltic'?
> >
> > > c. 500 BCE.
> >
> > Why 500 BCE?
> >
> >
> > > Before that, well, probably present Saxony and
> > Poland.
> > > Regarding Uralic lexicon --look at Scandinavia
> and
> > the
> > > N. Baltic, who else besides Germanics live
> there?
> >
> > Is this 'N. Baltic' = your previous 'NW Baltic',
> and
> > if not, where is it?
> >
> >
> > Torsten
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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