Re: PIE-Arabic Correspondences (was Brugmann's Law)

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From: Rick McCallister

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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:03 AM

Subject: Re: Re: [tied] Re: PIE-Arabic Correspondences (was Brugmann's Law)

PIE Arabic is a waste of time --go back to AA and you
can't find the AA root, at least give roots from
Semitic, Berber, Egyptian, Cushitic, Omotic and
Chadic. No one will take PIE Arabic seriously unless
you're positing loanwords

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PIE, even with some flaws, is the best studied proto-language.

Arabic has the richer lexical body of all PAA.

It's not a waste of time to start with PIE versus Arabic alone.

Egyptian is obscure, Berber is a ruin, Omotic is not a clear member of PAA

 Do you have a proto-Tchadic, proto-Cushitic ?

Arnaud

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