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Interesting. There might be something to be studied there. But keep in mind (as I'm sure you know) that you could compare lists of words in any two random languages and find lots of superficial similarities. | |||
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How would you explain the resemblance between the Sumerian and PIE forms listed in the above article? Do you think one group influenced the other or did they both develop from a common ancestor? | |||
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I don't know what work has been done on a possible connection between Sumerian and PIE. The resemblances in that article could be coincidence. | |||
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There definitely appears to have been a connection between the Iranians and the Sumerians. I've noticed they share similar symbols as far as their art. Both use the Farohar-like symbol. There's the aforesaid lexical comparison of Sumerian and PIE. And, then the following link: The Language of the Harappan which mentions how the Av. asha "righteousness" come from the Sumerian asha. But, what I don't get about this connection this wikipedia link Asha - etymology says is that the word goes back to a PIE root. | |||
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The aforesaid lexical comparison is just a comparison, and as I said you can compare any two languages and find superficial similarities. What you need is a theory that explains how the words are related. If one was borrowed from the other, how did that happen. If they are descended from a common source, what did that source look like. As far as I know, there is no such theory. That book you linked to seems to be ignoring established historical linguistics when it suggests that Sanskrit and Avestan might be descendants of Akkadian and Sumerian. The etymology of aša on wikipedia is the most commonly accepted one. Here's the etymological information.This message has been edited. Last edited by: goofy, | |||
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What about the Nostratic superfamily theory? Secondly, what does it mean when one language's inflexions are more primitive than another language's inflexions? | |||
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OK, there is a theory. I don't know anything about it.
Perhaps that means that they exhibit features that the other language has lost. What is the context? | |||
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I don't know what this means. The Gathas are dated to 600 BC or earlier, and the Rigveda dates back to at least 1000 BC. | |||
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