To: ClearCase_guy
Some of those branches are supposedly more closely related. Linguists once distinguished between the Satem and Centum languages. I don't know if they still do, but the Germanic, Italic, Celtic, Greek (Hellenic) and Tocharian languages appear to fomr one sub family while the Iranian and Balto-Slavic languages form another and the Anatolic languages another still.
Journalist unfortunately possess a superficial grasp of anything they choose to review, be it in the scientific or the political realm. Unfortunately, it easier to point out their shortcomings in the scientific areas.
77 posted on
07/01/2003 8:45:28 AM PDT by
ZULU
To: ZULU
Iranian and Balto-Slavic languages form another
ARe you sure? Ancient Irani (Avestan) related to Slavic and Baltic languages)? But Avestan is very similar to Sanskrit, almost brother dialects in a way. I don't think the Slavic language is so closely related to these two more highly evolved Aryanic languages.
of course in a broader sense they are related, but on what basis do you say that the Slavic language is comparatively closer to Sanskrit-Avestan than German or Latin? I'd think the opposite was true.
Or maybe you're basing it on geography
118 posted on
02/16/2004 7:51:52 AM PST by
Cronos
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