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Igel

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4. We have ideas as to when Finnic languages moved into Europe.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 07:47 PM

Nov 2022

And good data for Magyar.

Vascuence ... There's the problem. An isolate (probably not, but there's a time depth issue here), the real question is whether it's really related to the first iberian/Western European language or whether it intruded from north Africa (meaning Berber-related ... argh).

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