Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
> Regarding relationship with Basque, Moretti and his
> crew see Etruscan as related to Basque.
> I plead ignorance on all counts.
> 

"Moretti and his crew", as you called them, never said this. If somebody is an ignorant here, it's you!

The Vasco-Caucasian hypothesis relates Proto-NEC and Proto-Vasconic (the ancestor of Basque and lost languages like Iberian) at a higher level. This is Marco's work.

Other hypothesis like Macro-Caucasian and Dene-Caucasian related them (again at a higher level) to Burushaski, Sino-Tibetan and Na-Dené. But the more you get back in time, the more unaccurated are reconstructions.

I  guess Vasco-Caucasian languages spread through Europe with the diffusion of agriculture in the Neolithic, being later superseded by IE. Etruscan belongs to one of these branches, which is close to NEC. This is also Marco's work.