Some more possible relationships between Indo-European and Dravidian

Authors
Citation
Sh. Levitt, Some more possible relationships between Indo-European and Dravidian, J INDO-EUR, 28(3-4), 2000, pp. 407-438
Citations number
80
Categorie Soggetti
General
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INDO-EUROPEAN STUDIES
ISSN journal
00922323 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
407 - 438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0092-2323(200023)28:3-4<407:SMPRBI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In an earlier article in The Journal of Indo-European Studies, vol. 26.1-2 (Spring/Summer 1998), pp. 131-59, the writer argued for a relationship betw een Indo-European and Dravidian. The present paper supplements that article , giving a few more etymologies which require a specialized knowledge of Dr avidian to see, and in two instances Indo-Aryan as well. It also presents a dditional bibliographic material on interconnections between Dravidian and other language families or languages. It focuses especially on the work of two Tamil scholars who earlier also argued for a connection between Indo-Eu ropean and Dravidian, reviewing their efforts. In the course of the discuss ion, there are listed a number of attractive proposals suggested by these s cholars which perhaps argue as well for a genetic relationship between Indo -European and Dravidian.