Re: Who can explain the comparisons?

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Who can explain the comparisons?


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> From: "sree nathan" <sreenathan.ansi@...>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Who can explain the comparisons?
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> > Dear all
> > It seems that fixing authonous status to a particular linguistic group
> > in
> > India at this juncture may not yield much as the present genetic
> > enquiries
> > clearly observed paliolithic susbtratum cutting across all linguistic
> > groups. some studies have shown Austro asiatic is the oldest as per
> > their
> > maternal ancestry is concerned and interestingly other studies on Y
> > chromosomes have shown Dravidians are ancient. This suggests that there
> > is no definite conclusion on peopling has evolved yet even through
> > genetic
> > studies.However, Andamanese language gives some insight in accordance
> > with
> > their genetic ancestry that they were the oldest. Until the picture of
> > pre
> > Dravidian substratum is clear as far as India is concerned fixing
> > autothonous to any immigrant neolithic linguistic lineage may be
> > problematic.
> >
> > sreenathan
> >
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> At least we know which language is not autochthonous.
>
> Indic comes from the Pontic area.
> It's hugely surprising that Austro-Asiatic could be oldest in India
> as this group of languages comes from Taiwan or an area not far away from
> there.
>
> Dravidian has good chances of being autochthonous,
> even though it may have expanded toward the south and been replaced by
> Indic
> in the north.
>
> Arnaud
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Patrick:

The Austro-Asiatic languages moved through coastal India first on their way
east.

Next came the Elamo-Dravidians from the Northwest.

Finally, Caucasians invaded Northern India.


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