[blam]

"I think it is really fascinating that three seperate cultures that far apart could share a language base that is in no way related to any of the languages that surround them."

If you're into this stuff, read The Tarim Mummies by Mallory & Mair. It's about the Caucasian mummies found in the desert in east central China. (Powerful)

[eniapmot]

I haven't read that book, but I understand that there were Indo-European speakers in the region of the Cherchen desert. I suppose that the region was more hospitable a couple of thousand years ago.