Re: beyond langauges

--- Richard Wordingham <richard@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> > --- Max Dashu <maxdashu@...> wrote:
>
> > > >3. SE Indo-Aryan (for lack of a better term
> coming
> > > > to mind): Sanskrit et al.
>
> > > What about Indic?
>
> > I thought of that but I've seen it misused in
> postings
> > as a synonym for IA. But Indic is fine by me if
> > everyone can respect it.
>
> Which authoritative linguists or philologists make a
> distinction
> between Indic and Indo-Aryan? I wasn't aware of
> such a terminological
> distinction.
>
> Richard.
>
>

That's what I asking. I've seen Indic used on the web
as a synonym for non-Dardic IA in India and Old Indic
as a synonym for Sanskrit. What's the accepted use?


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