Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

At 3:30:26 AM on Thursday, February 28, 2008, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

> From: Rick McCallister

>> As far as I've seen, there is nothing that links Basque
>> to Etruscan. The onus is upon you to demonstrate that
>> there is. There is the possibility they are related at
>> the Nostratic level but QED

> If Nostratic includes Etruscan but not Basque, then it's
> bad.

> Now, I don't think the "standard gossiping" about Etruscan
> and PIE frees anybody from the onus of demonstrating this
> gossip makes sense.

> When it comes to B. and E. They share phonological
> features.

> Voiced stop > voiced spirant
> Unvoiced stop > unvoiced spirant
> Glottalized > unvoiced stop

They're related because they show similar developments from
the common ancestor whose very existence is in question in
the first place?

Brian