Re: beyond langauges

--- Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

>
>
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com,
> "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I looked up 'Indo-Iranian languages', 'Dardic',
> and a few other
> > related articles on Wikipedia last night... and,
> much to my
> > surprise, they do indeed list Dardic as a separate
> branch of
> > Indo-Iranian instead of Indo-Aryan.
>
> Wikipedia, mamma mia!
>
> A useful (albeit short) summary on the status of
> Dardic can be found at
>
> http://www.mockandoneil.com/dard.htm
>
> Regards,
> Francesco
>

So, NW-IA it is. But I noticed the following in
endnote 1
1. The Nuristani languages (Morgenstierne's " Kafir"
languages) include Kati, Wasi-weri, Ashkun,
Kalasha-ala, and Tregami. These languages retain
phonological features which cannot be derived from
Indo-Aryan, but rather, only from Indo- European. See
Masica 1991: 461-3 for a succinct discussion of the
basis of this distinction.


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