The Austronesians among the Minoans

Many ‘pre-Greek’ words might be 1) irregular Greek/Paleo-Balkan and 2) loans of adstrate/neighbour origin. Caucasian, Semitic etc. words in Greek might be adstrates/loanwords from neighbours rather than substrates

Hamito-Semitic and Austronesian language families have in common many essential and indispensible grammatical forms, which compel us to make the inevitable conclusion that they must have come from a common source. The same assertion can be made as to certain basic vocabulary found in both families, especially those denoting parts of the body, things in the physical world, family relation, pronouns, and some numerals. As a matter of fact, the most indispensable Hamito-Semitic grammatical elements are effortlessly detected in Austronesian language family and so are its traditional roots. The common existence of all such forms in language families whose members are far apart in space and time makes it evident that they must have belonged to a common Hamito-Semitic-Austronesian speech before its split into separate Hamito-Semitic and Austronesian. The purpose of the present work is quite obvious; it is to clearly demonstrate and firmly establish a genetic relationship between the aforementioned language families on the most solid and scientific ground.

prehistory and early history of Greece

Mother Tongue 11: 219-258 , 2006

Archaeological research of the last three decades in Southeast Asia suggest a greater role of the region in world culture development than had been assumed before, raising new interest in the role of Austronesians in global maritime communication. Basing on literary tradition, mythology and folklore, particularly on Nagas and the Serpent cult, also of linguistic data associated with the sacred tree cult and megaliths, names and distribution of some domesticated plants and spices, and early spice trade, a chronology of Austronesian activity in Indi and Sri Lanka in four periods is proposed, covering the time from c. 1000 B.C. till 700 A.D.

Late (C II period) Trypillia literacy developed, via the Trojan (Troy III-V) script, into Linear A

Synopsis of work on distant linguistic comparison by Hellas Vuosaly.

2018

This paper analyses and evaluates the alleged genetic relationship between Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian, proposed by the French sinologist Laurent Sagart. The aim of the following paper is neither to prove, nor to disprove the Sino-Tibeto-Austronesian superphylum but to argue whether the data presented in favour of this proposed genetic relationship do or do not stand the scrutiny of a historical linguist. This paper also considers the hypothetical homeland of Proto-Sino-Tibeto-Austronesian people, with an eye towards competing hypotheses , such as Sino-Indo-European. It is concluded that Sagart' s approach may be insufficient for proof of controversial cases of disputed genetic relationship, given the non-obvious relatedness of the languages he is comparing.