Re: Witzel and Sautsutras (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:

> At 6:39:07 AM on Friday, October 26, 2012, Trond Engen wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't there a serious suggestion a few years ago that the
> > Indic retroflexes could be an internal development, maybe
> > acquired north of the subcontinent, and the much stronger
> > retroflexion in Dravidian either independent or
> > borrowed-and-developed?
>
> That does ring a faint bell.

On retroflexion in S. Asia, see F. Southworth's assessment at

http://tinyurl.com/8op3cfu
(#3.21 "Phonological convergence")

Regards,
Francesco