Re: Ligurian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy
<bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

>
> > I think we should differentiate between Ligurian Celtic à la
> > Bernardo-Stempel (after Celtization) and a non-Celtic IE Ligurian

language

> > (before Celtization).
>
> Patrizia de Bernardo, married with Reinhard Stempel
>

OK, so Stempel is the "property tag" attached to the maiden name. I
think marriage should be abolished.

> > This is DGK's "Illyro-Lusitanian" aka Coromines' "Soroptaptic" aka

Villar's "Italoid".

>

The correct term is "Sorotaptic", as the first /p/ was intrusive.

> According to Alinei, such a family
> had been the result of the first arrival of Modern Humans in this
> area, who spoke a modified version of PIE (with centum treatment,
> */bh/ */dh/ */gh/ > /ɸ/ /θ/ /x/ and so on).
>
> > This is a huge misrepresentation in diachronical terms.
>

Not to mention that "voiced aspirated" are specifically Indic and hence
not reconstructable for PIE. IMHO, series III is plain voiced.