Re: Velar vs Uvular

[Unnecessary quoting deleted - Yahoo took it for Spam! - Richard.]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...> wrote:

> Camels are commonly used in Afghanistan (Bactria) and Rajasthan.

and Pakistan too. p. 135 below

[The following link is clearly a cut and paste error - Talageri's comparison of words for 'camel' is elsewhere.]
http://tinyurl.com/create.php

" the Dravidian words for camel (Tamil-Malayalam oTTagam, Kannada-
Telugu oNTe, Toda oTTe, Brahui huch, etc.), lion (Tamil cingam, Telugu
siMhamu, Kannada siMha, etc.) and rhinoceros (Tamil kANDAmirugam,
Telugu, khaDga-mRgamu, Kannada khaDgamRga; note also the Sanskrit word
mRga, animal, necessarily added to the basic name), are all derived
from the Sanskrit words. Likewise, the Austric words for camel
(Santali Ut, Khasi ut) and lion (Santali sinho, Sora sinam-kidan, etc.)

Talageri (2000)."

Indo-Europeans have lend their word for camel to non-IE speakers.

M. Kelkar