Re: beyond langauges

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> Witzel does. Mittani Indo Aryan aika>Sanskrit eka hence Vedas are
> younger than 1500 BCE.
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> QED
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> M. Kelkar

Also Indo-Eurasian research msg # 9913

"G. Thompson writes:

> the numbers are Indo-Aryan, not Iranian. aika > eka [contrast Avestan
> aiwa]; satta > sapta [contrast Avestan hapta]. Bjarte is right to
> leave this question to Indologists or Iranists, because we can tell the
> difference between Indo-Aryan and Iranian words, as well as their
> gods.

M. Kelkar

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> I wasn't aware of such a terminological
> > distinction.
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> > Richard.
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>