From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60518
Date: 2008-09-30
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From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
>>
>> I see. By "earliest language splits" are you
>> referring to the splits
>> that led to the various branches of IE, or are you
>> referring to a
>> possible split that led to IE on one hand and Semitic
>
> Remember, Semitic is part of Afro-Asiatic. The rise of AA seems to
> correspond very well with that of agriculture and its spread west into
> Africa. So where was AA at that time --a great icebreaker if you want to
> see fists fly in no time. Maybe somewhere along the west side of the Red
> Sea, or maybe not.
> Obviously AA split from whatever else before c. 10,000 BCE or so, since it
> started around that time.
>
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AA split before agriculture,
as Berber shows a difference in phonetic treatments between basic vocabulary
and neolithic words.
Arnaud
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