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As again I became attached to the term Proto mammal due to all my kids books calling them that.
Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery ART Evolved 2009
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As again I became attached to the term Proto mammal due to all my kids books calling them that.
Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery ART Evolved 2009
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In December 2007, he suggested that archaeologists use the term Proto-Iranian instead of Proto-Elamite for the script found at Jiroft.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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In December 2007, he suggested that archaeologists use the term Proto-Iranian instead of Proto-Elamite for the script found at Jiroft.
Jiroft Back in the News Jan 2008
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Note 116: CS 765; Proposed Eastern Sahelian loanword in Proto-Kaskazi * - gàdì "mush"; PNECB * - ugàlì "mush"; e.g.,
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It links up with a root * aer - in Proto-Bhanic, established long ago, meaning ‘one, lonely, unique’.
We’re foot — slog — slog — slog — sloggin’ over Languages superversive 2006
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However I still prefer my own term Proto-Steppe a) because it's more descriptive of the likely region where it was spoken and b) because PIE and PU aren't the only language groups implicated in the grouping.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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However I still prefer my own term Proto-Steppe a) because it's more descriptive of the likely region where it was spoken and b) because PIE and PU aren't the only language groups implicated in the grouping.
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They may often stick to what they know, namely Proto-Indo-European, and attribute everything to it alone.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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The reconstructed parent language of Latin, Greek and Sanskrit is called Proto-Indo-European, a language thought to have been spoken about 4000 BCE in the areas north-west of the Black Sea.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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