User talk:Victar/Reflexes/Proto-Dardic

@Victar This looks great so far! The Dialectology of Indic is a fascinating paper, thanks for linking to it. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 02:36, 14 February 2018 (UTC) Also the Northwestern dialect of Ashokan Prakrit (the inscriptions at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi) should deserve a column as well. They have Dardic-like features. I can add some terms if you would like. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 02:37, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

@AryamanA: Thanks, it's more of mental exercise than anything else. The interesting thing I found is that Gandhari seems to fit best with Eastern Dardic. --Victar (talk) 03:14, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

And yes, The Dialectology of Indic is a great paper. It really gets me thinking that we should be reconstructing, what the paper calls, Pre-Vedic and placing proto languages under that. --Victar (talk) 03:20, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

@Victar: Gandhari is thought to be a direct descendants of Vedic generally, so that's interesting if it looks like Dardic.

Pre-Vedic is a more accurate name I think, we should definitely consider it. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 03:27, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Another important cluster is *tw, as in Sanskrit चत्वारः (catvāraḥ, “four”). I think the Dardic outcome is *tp (cf. Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭𑁄 (catpāro)) —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 03:30, 14 February 2018 (UTC)