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Re:Sri Lanka’s ancient, almost lost martial art by ummonk on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:35AM (#27769242)
Languages are classified based on relatedness, not geography. Just as you have an Indo-Aryan language, Sinhala, that made it down to Sri Lanka, you also have a Dravidian language, Brahui, that stuck around up in Pakistan.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s ancient, almost lost martial art by thaumasiotes on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:37AM (#27771147)
The famous example of an "out of place" language is Madagascar, where they speak a language you'd expect to find spoken by Pacific islanders.
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