Pre-Greek languages

petegray petegray at btinternet.com
Wed Oct 20 20:22:22 UTC 1999


>other
> Anatolian languages had a more typical IE verbal system,

Let me wave my flag again.    Even if they are more like the Greek-Sanskrit
system, I still don't believe we can equate this with general IE.   There is
some argument that the Germanic-Hittite system might have at least as strong
a case for being closer to the original PIE.   As for attested IE, it may be
difficult to identify what the "IE" system is, given the variety.

Peter



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