Ancient Near East writing systems: Indian *sprachbund* and Indus
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Indian *sprachbund* is a philological hypothesis. The time has come for further detailed evaluation by scholars of this *sprachbund*. Meluhha (mleccha) is attested as a spoken language in ancient Indian texts.
Moving away from the polemics of Aryan Invasion/Migration or Out of India theories to explain the evolution and formation of languages of the *sprachbund*, an alternative approach is to start with the hypothesis of a *sprachbund* for the region of Ancient Near East which was witness to and participating region with intense interactions in an extensive contact area of civilizations starting circa 4th millennium BCE. One key is provided by the metalware and associated words in languages of the interaction area of ancient Near East.
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