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carefree-bobyesterday at 5:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

Both Vedic Sanskrit and Mycenaean Greek are the same age. Of course there may have been mutual influences as languages take cognates from each other.


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wblyesterday at 5:59 PM

There was extremely limited contact between them until thousands of years later, and no real cultural exchange until the era of exploration.

mdp2021yesterday at 5:40 PM

But the point is in the strength of said relations in view of understanding the underlying roots in current languages.

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