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From: petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich)
Subject: Re: Sanskrit: was: Re: Etruscans [was: Re: The Coming of the Greeks]
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In article <5778na$oop@fridge-nf0.shore.net>,
Steve Whittet <whittet@shore.net> wrote:
>In article <petrichE1B59q.CzH@netcom.com>, petrich@netcom.com says...

>>What kind of linkage? Trade? That's *not* something that tends to 
>>spread languages.

>Why not? In antiquity it was customary to have some discussion
>before striking a bargain. Fluency in a number of languages
>was considered useful and translators were employed by merchants
>to facilitate their transactions. 

	So what?

	That does not prove that (say) Greek is derived from Phoenician, 
which you had once claimed.
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