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- proper noun The
hypothetical , ancestralproto-language from which the Dravidian languages (which includeTamil ,Telugu ,Kannada andMalayalam among others) are descended.
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Examples
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In fact, they are consistently perhaps purposely contrary to prevailing knowledge and methodology, as with this abuse of voiced stops in Proto-Dravidian which is contrary to prevailing reconstruction.
The Tower of Babel 2007
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I remain convinced that Bhadriraju Krishnamurti's version of Proto-Dravidian is one such example of this laryngeal abuse at work, and it seems to me that this can be quickly resolved by examining what a mess he makes out of the pronominal system of this language.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Unlike with Proto-Dravidian, it appears to me that laryngeals would aid in its analysis rather than hinder it.
Laryngeal abuse - Phonemes caught in the reconstructive crossfire 2008
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I see the same crap going on in Krishnamurti's version of Proto-Dravidian.
Back to business: emphatic particles and verbal extensions 2008
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I remain convinced that Bhadriraju Krishnamurti's version of Proto-Dravidian is one such example of this laryngeal abuse at work, and it seems to me that this can be quickly resolved by examining what a mess he makes out of the pronominal system of this language.
Laryngeal abuse - Phonemes caught in the reconstructive crossfire 2008
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Sergei Starostin did not reconstruct initial voiced stops in Proto-Dravidian, although he did agree with the reconstruction.
The Tower of Babel 2007
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Everyone agrees Proto-Dravidian had two kinds of plosives.
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David Marjanović: "Everyone agrees Proto-Dravidian had two kinds of plosives."
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Despite the fact that it is agreed upon by specialists that Proto-Dravidian is reconstructed without voicing contrast in stops (read here), Starostin took an anarchist approach by representing Dravidian with them (link here).
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Despite the fact that it is agreed upon by specialists that Proto-Dravidian is reconstructed without voicing contrast in stops (read here), Starostin took an anarchist approach by representing Dravidian with them (link here).
The Tower of Babel 2007
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