Re:How to count every language in India (2018)
by quadrifoliate on Sunday November 01, 2020 @05:32PM
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That is interesting indeed! I skimmed over the paper, although most of it is too dense for me to understand.
A proven connection between Dravidian and Elamite would kind of upend most perceived ideas in India about Dravidian versus Indo-European languages (namely, that Dravidian ones are more indigenous than Indo-European).
Also, this is very likely just a coincidence, but I realized that the Tamil word for homeland is...Eelam [1].
A proven connection between Dravidian and Elamite would kind of upend most perceived ideas in India about Dravidian versus Indo-European languages (namely, that Dravidian ones are more indigenous than Indo-European).
Also, this is very likely just a coincidence, but I realized that the Tamil word for homeland is...Eelam [1].
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eelam