Re: Proto-Celtic

So true, wise one, that they would resort to expressive gestures :-P

A few millennia could even change the bushiness of one's beard.

Now here's another question: what language was spoken during the interum between Nostratic and proto-Celtic -- in that period of several millennia?

Gerry

----- Original Message -----

From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:09 PM

Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Proto-Celtic

> OK wise one. If a proto-Celtic spoke proto-Celtic and a Nostratic spoke Nostratic, would a proto-Celtic and Nostratic be able to converse? No. They couldn't have met without a time machine, and, had one been available, the system of Proto-Nostratic would have changed beyond recognition by the time it became Proto-Celtic (a few millennia later). They would have been very different from each other, and completely incomprehensible to each other's speakers. > If so, which language would they be speaking? A proto-Celtic-Nostratic? What's the point of this question? People who can't speak or understand each other's language will typically resort to expressive gestures :) Piotr

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