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Re: Proto-Uralic?

From:Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...>
Date:Monday, June 30, 2003, 13:51
> >I have also seen pages where it is claimed that Proto-Uralic never > >existed, but rather that Uralic was a convergence area. Apparently, > >the field is less developed than IE historical linguistics, which might
Convergence area? Do you mean a tight-knit spraachbund-like thing, which split before total "convergence" had been reached? sounds like a nifty method of explaining conlang-"families" with inexplainable irregular derivations... =)

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