This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1DBD0.511621D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Indogermanic? Indoteutonic? Etc. That brings us to IndoLatin(and the = branches) as well as to Indoslavic and by the same reasoning to = Indoarmenian? Indotocharian? Indohitite? What is wrong with = Indoeuropean? Which obviously suggests from "India to Europe", correct? = This smells to me of the over-familiar "SuiperiorityComplex". There is = no such thing as Indogermanic. About 5000 years ago, the Germans, the = Latins(or Italics) were all somewhere in "South Russia-Ukraine-northern = tip of Black and Caspian seas", communicating with Slavs and all other = Indoeuropean peoples in a common language which, at that time was most = likely already showing sings of dialects or traits by the smaller = Sub-Tribes. And this is interesting, because, you can only have = sub-tribes if there is a "Large, or main Mother Tribe, which we could = call "Proto-Tribe". It obvious that small tribes cannot break away from = "Nothing". It is inconceivable to me that today's linguists are not = talking about the Large Group or Proto-Group and therefore = Proto-Language. If there were only small groups, independent of each = other, you would also have independent languages, which would be = influenced by various neighboring peoples and consequently, no = Proto-Language. So, what was the large Proto-Tribe there, from which = others could break away? Do we see a Large-Tribe or a Nation today which = could sustain continuous break-aways of smaller groups and still remain = a Nation or a large Proto-Tribe? So, Germanic tribe moves away at one = point, becoming, eventually, one of the Indo-European languages and = Nations, and to be sure, one of the nations that contributed immensely = to the humanity, in science and arts, etc. So we have an advanced nation = here, and at certain historical periods becomes very tempted ( as all = others would ) to get into this well known garbage about superiority. = Indo-Germanish has a flavor of "we are the special branch of.....etc. = etc.. We all know that is not the case. I must make sure that nobody = misunderstands me. I studied German language in high school in Europe = and have the highest regard for German achievements. I am a = professional musician and play Bach as much as any German musician does, = and love. So, I don't want to accused of anything "Anti". I just want to = say: "Let's stay with "Indo-European". Sorry if I went on for too long. Sincerely, Ted Lebar. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1DBD0.511621D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Indogermanic? Indoteutonic? Etc. That brings us = to=20 IndoLatin(and the branches) as well as to Indoslavic and by the same = reasoning=20 to Indoarmenian? Indotocharian? Indohitite? What is wrong with = Indoeuropean?=20 Which obviously suggests from "India to Europe", correct? This smells to = me of=20 the over-familiar "SuiperiorityComplex". There is no such thing as = Indogermanic. About 5000 years ago, the Germans, the Latins(or Italics) = were all=20 somewhere in "South Russia-Ukraine-northern tip of Black and Caspian = seas",=20 communicating with Slavs and all other Indoeuropean peoples in a common = language=20 which, at that time was most likely already showing sings of dialects or = traits=20 by the smaller Sub-Tribes. And this is interesting, because, you can = only have=20 sub-tribes if there is a "Large, or main Mother Tribe, which we could = call=20 "Proto-Tribe". It obvious that small tribes cannot break away from = "Nothing". It=20 is inconceivable to me that today's linguists are not talking about the = Large=20 Group or Proto-Group and therefore Proto-Language. If there were only = small=20 groups, independent of each other, you would also have independent = languages,=20 which would be influenced by various neighboring peoples and = consequently, no=20 Proto-Language. So, what was the large Proto-Tribe there, from which = others=20 could break away? Do we see a Large-Tribe or a Nation today which could = sustain=20 continuous break-aways of smaller groups and still remain a Nation or a = large=20 Proto-Tribe? So, Germanic tribe moves away at one point, becoming,=20 eventually, one of the Indo-European languages and Nations, and to = be sure,=20 one of the nations that contributed immensely to the humanity, in = science and=20 arts, etc. So we have an advanced nation here, and at certain historical = periods=20 becomes very tempted ( as all others would ) to get into this well known = garbage=20 about superiority. Indo-Germanish has a flavor of "we are the special = branch=20 of.....etc. etc.. We all know that is not the case. I must make sure = that nobody=20 misunderstands me. I studied German language in high school in Europe = and have=20 the highest regard for German achievements. I am a professional = musician=20 and play Bach as much as any German musician does, and love. So, I don't = want to=20 accused of anything "Anti". I just want to say: "Let's stay with=20 "Indo-European".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Sorry if I went on for too long.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Sincerely, Ted Lebar.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1DBD0.511621D0--
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