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Re: Conlangs on based Slavic languages...etc

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 2:55
--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:

> > Indo-Hitite; according to some > > linguisticians, > > Hittite is not an IE language, but is a > > sister > > language of IE. As far as the internal > > history is concerned, it's simply "Aryan". > > Of course, that is quite a silly definition. > The very term 'Indo-European', > AFAIK, means all the recorded languages in that > family(that can be proven to be related).
But at least some find the problem a little messier: Hittite is enough ùnlike other IE languages to warrant a different location in their scheme. I'm not offering a judgement, though I think it's a very tantalising idea. Padraic. ===== - Per la maxam pas e drancoueletate di nusteor tempuroer; per l' echluys catholeg, ke 'sta di bille do bille et dol fine le munnem - A Ddon ten mezercorth! -- Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .