[INDOLOGY] r-Sanskrit and l-Sanskrit

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dear Dean,

     This theory is detailed by Thomas Burrow in his article "The
Proto-Indo-Aryans." I have discussed Burrow's idea in some of my own work.

Madhav
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 4:26 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> I had read somewhere that there are two dialects of Sanskrit that tend to
> use either the 'r' sound or the 'l' sound and that they appear to be
> geographically separated.
>
> I've forgotten who pointed this out although my faulty memory is
> suggesting Emeneau.
>
> Can anyone provide me with more information about this?
>
> Best,
>
> Dean
>
>
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