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Started by Murat Kalinyaprak
Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
Re: Finnish related to Turkish?
Author: Murat Kalinyaprak
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
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In <57u1n2$8lp@nyheter.chalmers.se> Peter k Chong wrote: >Here's a little blurb I typed up on Edit in response to >a Mr. J. Pearson who originally asked whether Finnish >is related to Turkish... It took me a while to type up >but it's here as an attachment... Feel free to browse >through it and make comments... > >Cheers > >Peter Chong Your Sumerian-Ural/Altaic word comparisons are certainly interesting... But some Turkish words listed are borrow words from non-Altaic languages. On the other hand, some better matches in Turkish can be found instead of the given examples. This is all I can say after taking a quick look at it and unfortunately I can't spare the time to offer item by item comments. (besides I'm no linguist and can't even tell what sounds the numeric digits supposed to indicate, etc.) But I'll try to follow the thread... MK
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