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Re: Indo-Hittite

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Saturday, May 31, 2003, 10:39
John Cowan sikyal:

> They used the oldest available actual (not reconstructed) > representatives of each branch, though not necessarily the oldest texts > of those languages. Therefore: Hittite, Toch B, Latin, Old Irish, > (Homeric?) Greek, (modern?) Armenian, modern Albanian, Skt, Avestan, > Old English, Old Church Slavonic, modern Lithuanian.
Old English is older than Gothic? Methought it were the opposite. Many thanks to Roger for posting this nice summary. Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our interpersonal relationship." And Jesus said, "What?"

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