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Hello languagelover, you'll see a commonality with the folks here.
Off the cuff...
The more basic the word the more likely a kinship and a common orgin with other languages. "Ma" and "Pa" are the base of basic and many of the World's languages pronounce the sounds with a similarity.
In fact a linguist at Berkley claims that she can date mankind's dispersal throughtout this big wide world by the degree of convergence or divergence of a set of fundamental words.
I think that most folk at Berkley are kooks and hippies but this chick might have a worthwhile idea.
Last edited by themilum; 04/04/07 09:22 PM.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Relationships languagelover 04/04/07 07:46 PM Re: Relationships themilum 04/04/07 09:18 PM Re: Relationships Zed 04/04/07 11:40 PM Re: Relationships Faldage 04/05/07 02:22 AM Re: Relationships languagelover 04/06/07 04:34 PM Re: Relationships Aramis 04/06/07 06:57 PM Re: Relationships aitrivra 04/15/07 06:27 PM
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