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

At 6:08:27 PM on Tuesday, October 9, 2012,
Bhrihskwobhloukstroy wrote:

[...]

> 1) Mallory/Anthony's Model: minimal area for PIE, maximal
> area for anything non-IE; rush IE expansion on non-IE
> families during the Chalcolithic Period. Archaeological
> association: Kurgan Cultures. (Therefore: Neolithic
> Cultures = non-IE but one; Palaeolithic Cultures = non-IE
> but a Nostratic one.)

[...]

> Note that (1) has the lowest cost with regard to PIE, but
> the highest cost with regard to other families (it
> postulates an enormous Urheimat for every non-IE family or
> even for completely non-attested language families), [...]

I can't imagine why you think so, since it obviously does
not.

Brian