Krahe 1936
From Lexicon Leponticum
Hans Krahe, "Ligurisch und Indogermanisch", in: Helmut Arntz (Ed.), Germanen und Indogermanen, Festschrift für Hermann Hirt, Wiesbaden: Helmut Arntz 1936. (3 volumes), Vol. 2, 241-255.
| Author/Editor: | Hans Krahe |
|---|---|
| Type: | linguistic study |
| Language: | German |
| Link to Author: | http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Krahe |
| In: | Festschrift Hirt 1936 |
| Used for: | 2 pages (show list) |
Commentary
Referring to the question of Ligurian, Krahe considers the Lepontic inscriptions in order to define whether they have to be included: the language is certainly Indo-European (of the Kentum group) and, in particular, a Celtic dialect. Therefore, the Lepontic inscriptions can not be used for the linguistic definition of Ligurian. Krahe concludes that the "eigentliche" Ligurian language was pre-Indo-European, and that, later, was covered by an Indo-European stratum: the problem to determine which Indo-European language it was still remains.
