To: John Soileau who wrote (3316 ) 3/24/2001 12:00:39 PM From: E. Charters Read Replies (1) | Respond to Well to be fair most of the academic community that calls it separate is Basque speaking or sympathizing. Some others have noted its similarity to other languages which have been dismissed by the separatist adherents without good reasons given. Even one website I noted said he was not interested in considering other theories and all manner of similar words were just co-incidences you could find between any two languages! So his non-co-incidences, which are legion between any two IE languages, are significant but co-incidences not! When people give authority as the sole reason and chase away all other theories they make the Aristotelian mistake. Reason is the only advocate of a theory not who propounds it. What compares language is sound, alphabet, grammar, and construction, including declension and reflexiveness. But consider this, fr. is a verbally reflexive, non declining language that uses the passive voice often and combines words to form others rarely. German is a semi declining language that uses the active voice the majority and revels in words that combine to form others, a IE trait. But both are IE languages grown up.
