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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:
> I've just begun looking at Burushaski and it is obviously an
> Indo-European language closely related to other Indo-Iranian
> languages and Armenian (like Khowar, Nuristani languages, etc.)
> in every vocabulary group. Why hasn't this been seen before and
> acknowledged?
For (Old) Burushaski substrate words in Old Indo-Aryan:
Tikkanen, B. On Burushaski and other ancient substrata in northwest
South Asia. Studia Orientalia (Helsinki), 64, 1988, 303-325.
Witzel, M. Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric
Western Central Asia. Sino-Platonic Papers, 129, Dec. 2003, 1-70.
For a comparison of Burushaski and Caucasian grammar and religion,
and for a possible gradual movement of speakers of Proto-Burushaski
eastwards towards the Hindukush/Pamir area via the southern Caspian
coast and southern Central Asia:
Tuite, K. Evidence for Prehistoric Links between the Caucasus and
Central Asia: The Case of the Burushos. In: The Bronze Age And Early
Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia, ed. by V. Mair. 2 vols.
= JIES Monograph 26, Washington/Philadephia: The Institute for the
Study of Man / The University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications
1998: 448-475.
For a comparison of Pyreneean, Caucasus, Pamir ethnology, with a
binary system (male/female : pure/impure) of activities and
correlated wild and domestic animals:
Parkes, P. Livestock symbolism and pastoral ideology among the
Kafirs of the Hindu Kush. Man (N.S.) 22, 1987, 637-660.
Regards,
Francesco