Re: 'dyeus'

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 66537
Date: 2010-09-06

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "t0lgsoo1" <guestuser.0x9357@...> wrote:
> According to Stefan Georg, Yeniseyan was a "Eurasian" idiom.
> What does "Eurasian" mean when compared with neighboring
> Turkic, Mongolian, Tungus et al.? Is it to be seen sort of a
> "substrate" language if compared with the Turkic, Mongolian
> and Ugric idioms of the relevant regions?

It means ultimately related (North Nostratic), but lacking either the common descent or strong mutual interaction of the Altaic languages.

Richard.

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