So what would have been the language of Goa before the Indo-Aryan/Indo-European/Indo-Iranian came to hold sway here? FN
FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org On 6 May 2011 07:07, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote: > Admin Noronha is right. Konknni is an Indo-Aryan language. It is also an > Indo-European and Indo-Iranian language because these are the supersets > (i.e. family and group, respectively) from which all Indo-Aryan languages > have descended. In fact, in the study of human cultural evolution Aryans is > an older term for what are now called Indo-Europeans. The southern Indian > languages such as Tamil and Malayalam do not belong to the Indo-Aryan branch > of languages. > > Cheers, > > Santosh >
