Indo-European Languages
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This paper presents the results of theoretical analysis and computer modeling, which suggest that two main linguistic populations characterized today as the division of Indo-European languages into the so-called "satem-centum" language... more
Brief information about the Chinese language and Chinese linguistic communities is given and the history of its formation is shown. The possibility of creating one national language in China, that is, Pǔtōnghuà (㣾抪幭) is considered. Some... more
This book is the first comprehensive study of the Vedic present formations with the suffix -ya- ('-ya-presents' for short), including both present passives with the accented suffix -yá- and non-passive-ya-presents with the accent on the... more
A summary of textual evidence in Hittite for the formation, use and conferring of personal names.
The Lusitanian text of Cabeço das Fráguas follows an evident and clearly intentional symmetry between the two series of declared elements: the animal offerings and the receiving deities. Assuming the theonyms to be in the dative case, the... more
New approaches to a linguistic analysis of Vedic metre.
Recently the more intensive study of Tocharian nominal morphology has given rise to a fresh look on gender in Tocharian. Kim (2009) claims that Tocharian even shows more archaic features than the so-called inner-Indo-European... more
""On the basis of relevant textual passages and lexicographical research this article focuses on the meaning of purity in everyday life and cult as well as the rules referring to it. Furthermore, it deals with a more complex concept of... more
The paper discusses the accent of kako ‘how’, tako ‘thus’, ovako ‘this way’, onako ‘that way’ and some other related words (like nikako ‘no way’, nekako ‘somehow’) primarily in Štokavian and Čakavian from a dialectological (including... more
The process of deriving substantives from adjectives in the classical Indo-European languages can be accomplished in two fundamentally different ways. The first possibility is a derivational one, i.e. the adjective is substantivized by a... more
On retrouve de nombreuses racines communes entre le gaulois et les langues slaves, et notamment les langues slaves du Sud, ainsi que le lituanien et le slavon, langues proto-slaves, attestant des liens étroits entre les Gaulois et le... more
Kafkas-Batı Iran bölgesinde çeşitli Türk dilleri konuşulmaktadır: Kıpçak grubuna ait Kumukça, Nogayca ve Karaçay-Balkarca; Oğuz grubuna ait Azerice, Urumca, Kaşkayca ve Sonqor lehçesi; ve Halaç (Argu) grubuna ait olup daha çok eskicil... more
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The Harappan seals contain several linguistic symbols which have not been properly understood so far.Through my works especially- Indus script decipherment breakthrough, PaNameTa-the troy tower weight and measure system of Harappa, The... more
This article provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European verb morphology.
In this paper I will present a new hypothesis on the origin of the Indo-European twofold verb conjugation (cfr. Hitt. -mi vs. -hi). It has primarily been developed on the basis of comparative observation and analysis of the morphological... more
Eine selbst erstellte Übersicht zu den lautlichen Entwicklungen von der rekonstruierten indogermanischen Grundsprache zum Altindischen. Im Stile der veralteten Übersichtstabellen von Hans Krahe (Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft, §§ 23... more
My article "Evidence for Basque as an Indo-European Language" was published in the Journal of Indo-European Studies (volume 41) as a discussion paper, i.e., it was followed by other specialists' comments, and by my reply to such... more
Several basic-lexicon etymologies, with regular sound correspondences, suggest Hurro-Urartian (HU) might be derived from (or related to) Proto-Indo-European (PIE). Preliminary evidence suggests North-Caucasian (NC) languages might also be... more