Refining early Basque criteria

[Patrick C. Ryan]

[ moderator edited with author's consent ]

Dear Larry and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Trask <larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 4:09 PM

<snip>

> [on words like Basque <ama> 'mother' and <tu> 'spit']

[PR]

I continue to believe that some terms which might be classified as
Kinderlallsprache such as <ama> are a powerful indication of common
linguistic descent; and should not be excluded from consideration of
inclusion in Pre-Basque.

An interesting statement on this topic may be found at my website:

<"http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/comment-Baby-Talk.htm">

It may be that this category of terms has preserved an older or non-typical
phonological form than other words of the vocabulary but they should be
seriously considered because of their ubiqiuity.

Pat

PATRICK C. RYAN | PROTO-LANGUAGE at email.msn.com (501) 227-9947 * 9115 W. 34th
St. Little Rock, AR 72204-4441 USA WEBPAGES: PROTO-LANGUAGE:
http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/ and PROTO-RELIGION:
http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit ek,
at ek hekk, vindga meipi, nftr allar nmu, geiri undapr . . . a ~eim meipi er
mangi veit hvers hann af rstum renn." (Havamal 138)