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Re: Japanese from Tungus

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2005, 22:17
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:47:11 +0100, Jörg Rhiemeier
<joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:

> > Indeed. In the case of Celtic and Semitic, we of course know that > the Celtic languages are Indo-European and acquired their "Semitic" > features secondarily, possibly from an unknown substratum. (And the > Semitic languages are known to be Afro-Asiatic, which probably did > not display all of the "typically Semitic" features, either.) > > Greetings, > > Jörg. >
I'm curious, what _are_ the "Semitic" features of Celtic? -- You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian

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