Scythian substrate in Turkic languages
Is there a prominent Iranian substrate influence on Turkic?
Do the Turkic and Mongolic languages have any prominent substrate influence?
I know that many Indo European and Uralic languages have heavy substrate influences, so I was wondering if the same was true of the turkic and Mongolic families
What is the current state of Dravidian linguistics and Indian linguistics as a whole
reddit.comIs it possible to consider the empires of the chalukya, rashtrakuta, and western chalukya dynasties as a single empire?
There is basically no gap between the empires, with each dynasty starting off as vassels who overthrew the emperor with the support of the other vassals of the empire. Could we consider this one single deccan empire with multiple dynasties in the same way the vijayanagara empire had
When was Chattisgarh aryanized?
I know historically it was in the region of gondwana, so when did this change. Also chattisgarhi being an eastern Hindi language and not something related to odia tells me that it was very recent. Also were the gonds of chattisgarh assimilated or was it settlement of eastern Hindi speakers into the central valley
Were the Andhra and Odra tribes related?
They have similar names and telugu and odia people have some cultural similarities, even sharing the region of kalinga. From what I've read the Vedas mentioned other culturally similar tribes like the pundras in Bengal.
Do we have any Idea what the pre Indo Aryan language of Punjab was?
Is it Para Dravidian or some other language family. Perhaps something related to Burushaski