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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>historical linguistics will help. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji in “Kirata Jana Kriti: The Indo Mongoloids, Their Contribution to The History and Culture of India” [1951] has written that<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in around 2000 AD the Kunindashs, the mountain people of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>East Punjab spoke TB languages and contributed to develop Sanskrit language. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Water is ‘di’ in central Magar language, ‘ti’ in Shauka or Byangsi and ‘ri’ in Kham Magar language. These ‘di’,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>‘ti’ and ‘ri’ are phonetically similar. The central Magar ‘di’ is<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>prefixed into Sanskrit ‘na+di’ > river.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to M. S. Thapa Magar ‘nar or ngr’ means<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>‘spring’ in Magar Language. Hence ‘nar+di’ > na+di > river. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nga di gale [East & Central Magar] > I drink water<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nu kadi naman [Kusunda] > You eat rice<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nang kang jyona [Kham Magar] > You eat rice.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL><BR><BR><B><I>Andrew Shimunek <shenanzhu@YAHOO.COM></I></B> wrote:
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