AG,

I have not ventured that far along this trail, although I did have a plan to
do that: see the Adam's Apple section of the CD. My primary interest is not
in the script, but in the sounds and I think it is much easier to show that
there is a common root to the basic sounds than it would be to show a common
root to the scripts since the scripts were developed so much later and will
have sprung up in separate locations...although trade will surely have
brought an exchange of information all round. It's no big deal to show that
there is a relation to Greek and Latin and Sanskrit/Pali, for example. It's
a little harder to show the relationship between Danish and Japanese or
Finnish and Japanese or English and Chinese, but I believe the relationship
is there. I don't know the Japanese/Chinese for shit, but odds on they know
what the sound k-kha means and that their word has that disagreeable sound
to it.

Take Care;
and may your life be long and happy!
Michael Olds

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Genaud [mailto:alexgenaud@...]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:31 AM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Pali] Brahmi - Runic script connection




I am fascinated by what seems to be a common ancestry
of modern scripts. Such as Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese,
Devanagari, Tibetan, Suddham, and many many other
scripts derived from Bramhi. However, I haven't found
much literature regarding connections to other
European scripts. Although an arm-chair scholar
can easily see similarities between Brahmi, early
Semetic, and Runes.

Is anyone aware of accepted theories relating these
scripts? Can one speculate that there was a common
ancestry which later fragmented or is it an
on-going integration/isolation cycle? I am getting
bogged down in bias and controversy (such as
Aryan Invasion Theory, Nazism, and Vedic origins).

Alex

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