On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 23:41:23 +0200, "Guillaume JACQUES" <xiang@...>
wrote:

>OK, developpe un peu ca m'interesse, je pourrais te donner mon avis de Sino-tibetisant. Comment tu expliquerais ca d'un point de vue historique ?

Slightly adapted from an earlier posting:

1. Tib. g-cig (*g-tik) :: Chechen cHa', Avar co, Lak ca, Lezgi sa-,
Kabardian za

2. Tib. g-nyis (*g-nis) :: [no obvious NEC/NWC cognates]

3. Tib. g-sum (*g-sum, PSin. *sam) :: Lak s^an, Kab. s'a (?)

4. Tib. b-zhi (*b-li:) :: Kab. pLi

5. Tib. l-nga (*l-nga) :: [no obvious NEC/NWC cognates]

6. Tib. d-rug (*d-ruk) :: Lak ryax, Lezgi rugu-, Khinalug zäk, Chech.
yalX, Avar ank.L.

7. Tib. b-dun (? PTB *s-nis) :: [no obvious NEC/NWC cognates]

8. Tib. br-gyad (*br-giat) :: Chech. barh, Lak myay, Lezgi müz^ü, Avar
mik.L., Khinalug ink.

9. Tib. d-gu (*d-ku:) :: Lezgi k.ü, Kab. bGu, Lak urc^., Avar ic^.,
Chech. iss, Khinalug joz

10. Tib. b-cu (? PTB *g-kiap) :: Lezgi c.u-, Lak ac., Avar anc.,
Chech. itt, Khinalug jä3iz

From a historical point of view, the only explanation would be
contacts in Central Asia. Presumably, the NW and NE Caucasians once
occupied the western steppe (7th/6th mill. Seroglazovo culture?), and
Yenisseians and Sino-Tibetans parts of the eastern steppe (the latter
advancing into Tibet and Gansu), before the arrival of Indo-Europeans
from the west (relegating NWC and NEC to the typical "residual zone"
of the Caucasus) and (later) Altaic peoples from the east.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...