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mdp2021yesterday at 5:40 PM1 replyview on HN

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


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arjieyesterday at 5:54 PM

Is that the point? Seems like Greek or Latin are more useful to an English speaker for familiarity, and Sinitic ones for foreign-ness. Sanskrit occupies a space that is less useful for a Western audience as a sibling language to English in a valley of novelty and similarity.

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