Origin of Sanskrit (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of...)

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

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> Does Sanskrit bear no relationship to the language used in Rg Veda?
> If not what is Sanskrit derived from?

The Indian languages usually described as Indo-Aryan are clearly related. What is more complicated is their precise relationships. As at least until recently the bulk of the Indo-Aryan languages of village India formed a dialect continuum, any tree may be expected to be fuzzy.

Richard.