tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post2752296742172804084..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: Detailed info on Rosetta's approach to the asteroid Steins in early September. And a debate on Latvian and Lithuanian.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-46209063265757367402011-03-07T14:10:29.351+09:002011-03-07T14:10:29.351+09:00Sorry, I know neither Latvian nor Lithuanian, but ...Sorry, I know neither Latvian nor Lithuanian, but I have a conspiracy theory about having all words stressed on first syllable. it might be just an influence from Finno-Ugric languages, speakers of which were living next to Latvians since only God knows when. Estonians and Finns have all words stressed on first syllable and it's a safe bet that livonian people did this too.Barcodexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07550988312540602062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-55649552623889385052009-08-24T15:29:19.692+09:002009-08-24T15:29:19.692+09:00My mother, was a philologist of baltic languages, ...My mother, was a philologist of baltic languages, and studied with Endzelins, the preeminent Latvian grammarian. Her opinion was that<br />Lithuanian was the more archaic due to less foreign occupation during<br />the last 800 years. Linguists study Lithuanian as a cognate language to Sanskrit today. Latvian is my mother tongue and some Sanskrit seems nearly comprehensible to me. The sun chariot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-42176004487395564492008-08-05T22:53:00.000+09:002008-08-05T22:53:00.000+09:00Sorry, I know neither Latvian nor Lithuanian, but ...Sorry, I know neither Latvian nor Lithuanian, but I have a conspiracy theory about having all words stressed on first syllable. it might be just an influence from Finno-Ugric languages, speakers of which were living next to Latvians since only God knows when. Estonians and Finns have all words stressed on first syllable and it's a safe bet that livonian people did this too.Barcodexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550988312540602062noreply@blogger.com