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To: Gengis Khan

The other Indo-European languages, outside of India, did not derive their grammar from Sanskrit--they are sister languages, not daughter languages. It would be like saying Portuguese and French derive their numbers from Romanian. The words are indeed similar in all three languages, but it's because they all derive from Latin. Sanskrit is already many centuries removed from the parent language, "Proto-Indo-European," which was probably never written (at least no texts in it have been found).


53 posted on 02/18/2007 4:23:30 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Sanskrit is far more ancient then any languages you see on the Proto-Indo European Language chart. And its the only language that has a link with most other language on the chart. In fact European languages inherit the grammar from Sanskrit (not the words). I have studied German and Sanskrit and can attest to that. If there is really any "Proto-Indo European" it is Sanskrit or its primitive form (some call it Brahmi).
54 posted on 02/18/2007 4:37:15 PM PST by Gengis Khan
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