Coffeehouse for desis
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.


dravidian influence on sanskrit phonology

Coffeehouse for desis :: Coffeehouse :: Coffeehouse Main

Go down

dravidian influence on sanskrit phonology Empty dravidian influence on sanskrit phonology

Post by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 10, 2012 9:39 pm

i've been reading a bit on this topic. the usual focus on this board is on one aspect of linguistic relationships between indian languages, namely vocabulary. there are many other aspects of linguistics to consider and phonology is one of them. there is one very prevalent view that the entire phonology of retroflex consonants in sanskrit is inherited wholly from dravidian languages. here is a recent paper:

http://elte.academia.edu/FerencRuzsa/Papers/461897/The_influence_of_Dravidian_on_Indo-Aryan_phonetics

retroflex consonants are quite rare and almost non-existent in non-indic IE languages.
MaxEntropy_Man
MaxEntropy_Man

Posts : 14702
Join date : 2011-04-28

Back to top Go down

dravidian influence on sanskrit phonology Empty Re: dravidian influence on sanskrit phonology

Post by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 10, 2012 9:55 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
retroflex consonants are quite rare and almost non-existent in non-indic IE languages.

and this becomes patently clear when you ask your american/european friends to say the word "ganesh". they'll usually have difficulty with the ण/ண sound.
MaxEntropy_Man
MaxEntropy_Man

Posts : 14702
Join date : 2011-04-28

Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

Coffeehouse for desis :: Coffeehouse :: Coffeehouse Main

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum