Re: Indika

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From: "Costentín Cornomorus" <elemtilas@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Indika


> yscreus il Joe <joe@...>:
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> > > > Mine is based on Indo-Aryan
> > > > languages, which, of course belongs to the
> > > > Indo-European family of languages.
> > >
> > > Hm. In the West, _I think_, Indo-Aryan and
> > > Indo-European are synonymous, along with
> > > Indo-Germanic.
> >
> > No,  Indo-Aryan is a synonym for Indo-Iranian,
> > IIRC.
>
> Ah, well then. I guess three synonymous terms for
> the same language family would be a bit much! So,
> it's Indo-Iranian = Indo-Aryan; Indo-Germanic =
> Indo-European. I know I-G is antiquated (and a
> tadge Teutonocentric); is I-A similiary antique,
> or is it still in widespread use along with I-I?
I think it's still fairly widespread...

> Padraic.
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