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[H. M. Hubey]

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Abstract

Research into Prehistoric Ethnogenetic
Processes in East Europe

by Valentyn Stetsiuk

(Book I)

The first book of the whole work is comprised of two
parts. The research methods are described in the first
part, and the results are given in the second part. The
research is based upon a historic-comparative analysis
of vocabulary of diverse language families. The final
results are correlated with archeological facts.

The research was carried out by the application of a
method which was worked out by the author and was
called the „grafic-analytical method". The main
principles are briefly explained by the example of the
Slavic languages in the article (1). The method evoked
some interest among linguists but generated diverse
opinions. Specifically a critical article was published in
the Moscow leading linguistic newspaper (2).

An expanded description of the method and concept
postulates on which it is based are given in the offered
work. An essence of the method consists of the
construction of a grafical model (scheme) of
near-related languages interrelation. This model is
constructed on a postulate of the reverse-proportional
dependence („oberneno proporcijna zalezhnist'", in
Ukrainian) between quantity of common words in pairs
of related languages and that distance on which areas
of formation this languages from common ancestor
language were found in that previous time. A count of
the quantity of common words in language pairs has
been done on the basis of an „isogloss" table-dictionary
which had been created for each researched language
family.

The table-dictionaries follow this structure: words of
the same language are placed in vertical columns; the
words which relate to the same isogloss are found in
horizontal lines. It is important to take into
consideration that not all isoglosses have a
corresponding match in all languages. Many isoglosses
have the appropriate words in some languages only. If
all the languages have the appropriate words for the
same isogloss (all square are full), then this isogloss
belongs to a common lexical stock of the language
family. The common lexical stock has not been taken
into the calculation, because it concerns a chronology
mainly to the time of existence of the common
ancestor language from which these languages were
developed.

All words belonging to the same isogloss, approximate
each other in content (substance) and have phonetic
accordance in sound composition.

The construction of the model of the language
words quantity in language pairs. The model looks as a
graf, which has as so much knots how much of
languages we have. Indeed each knot is an area of
points, each of them is an end of a segment of which
length is corresponded to a quantity of common words
in language pairs. These segmets connect pairs of all
areas. The construction of the model goes in some
approximation.

When the model construction is ready, one looks for a
place on a geographical map for it. The form of the
model could not be broken therefore it is not easy to
find the suitable place on the map. One has to find a
such area configuration, which corresponds to the our
model. Each area of language formation must have
distinct borders, which hinder linguistic contacts
between inhabitants of these areas and so help to form
separate laguages from the previos common language.
The borders of the areas can be rivers, mountchains,
swamps.

Near 70 languages from 7 language families or
language groups (Nostratic, Indo-european, Finn-Ugric,
Turkish, Iranian, Germanic and Slavic) were
researched by the author with this method. The
table-dictionaries for each language family or language
group were created on ground of etymological and
two-language dictioraries. One-two thousands of words
were taken from each language for these tables, the
quantity of common words in language pairs has been
calculated upon them and 7 language-models have
been created later.

How it shows as the result of the researches, all the
researched languages form a family tree with some
levels of sinchronical branching.

At least 6 Nostratic languages developed from the
previos common language on the lowest level (old
Indo-european, Altaic, Uralic, Semitic-Chamitic,
Kartvelic and Dravidic). The place for their formation
has been founded in Fore Asia (6 areas near the lakes
Van, Sevan and Urmija as well near the mountains
Ararat, Aragac, the rivers Kura, Araks, Choroh, Great
Zab, Little Zab etc). The borders between the areas are
mountchains. This natural borders separate six states
now - Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Irak and
Iran. Some other facts from researches of diverse
scientifists to support of this chois have been added in
the work.

Three groups of the old Nostratic tribes migrated to
East Europe later (7 thou. years ago). Their late
languages as a part of the three previos great language
families have been researched on the level two. The
grafical models of them help us to find the areas of the
settlement of the Indoeuropean, Finnic-Ugric und
Turkish peoples in the East Europe between Volga-,
Dniepr- and Visla-river. The modern Indoeuropean;
Finnic-Ugric und Turkish begann to form here in areas
between numerous tributaries of great river Volga,
Don, Dnieper, Vistula in III-rd mill. B. C. The old
Indoeuropean languages had been formed from the
common language in the Dniepr-basin - Greec, Italic,
Armenian, Celtic, Thrakish, Frigish, Illirian, Germanic,
Slavic, Baltic, Tocharian, Indian, Iranian, Chettish.
The old Finnic-Ugric languages begann to form in areas
between Volga and Don. The old Turkish languages
begann to form in areas between Dnieper and Don.

The separate Iranian, Germanic, Slavic languages were
researched on the level three. The areas of their
formation were founded in Dnieper- and Don-basin
too. The Indoeuropean peoples of these languages
lived here after the other Indoeuropean peaples
migrated to West and South Europe and to Asia back.

Much other linguistic and archeological facts can
confirm this arrangement as the result of the researches
and are added in the work. The first book end on the
chronological level I-st mill. B. C. The later
development of the ethnogenetic processes will been
iven in the second book.

The work is written in Ukranian, has 100 pages (7,6
print sheets), 6 maps, 12 pictures, 11 tables, 12 pages
of quoted publications.

            References

1. Stetsiuk V.M. Opredielenie mest poselenij drevnich
slavian grafoanaliticheskim metodom. - Izvestia AN
SSSR. Serija literatury i jazyka. 1987. Nr 1. Moscow.
(In Russian).

2. Juravlev V. F. K probleme rasselenia drevnich
slavian: o tak nazyvajemom „grafoanaliticheskom
metode". - Voprosy jazykoznanija. 1991. Nr2.
Moscow. (In Russian).

                  About the method

The applied models of related languages are a
modification of a special graf. The peculiarity of this
graf is that all its knots without exeption are connected
between themselves with ribs and these ribs have fixed,
certain length. This graf can be applied at description
of spatial associations of objects with common features
which quantities between object pairs are depended
from the distance between these object pairs. Specially
it can be used in linguistic, archeology, biology etc, also
where objects have enough common features.

The tables-dictionaries being input into computer can
help us to separate not etymologized words in diverse
languages , to unit them in groups and to reconstruct
„dead languages" with the aid of these words.

There are very many Indian languages in America. One
can determine their relationship and locate their old
native lands with using the grafic-analytical method.
Also, one can reconstruct in this way the process of
settling of America .

Valentyn Stetsiuk
Gr. Skovorody str. 9/7,
Lviv, 290010, Ukraine
tel., fax. 380-322-427414
tel. private 380-322-766258
e-mail: valentyn at icmp.lviv.ua
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Internet version Word format, 70 pages.
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