Re: Ossetian sociolinguistics?

On Aug 20, 4:00 pm, Darkstar <darkstar...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
You don't have to speak a language to analyze it from a historical
perspective...

That is as may be, but if you NEITHER speak a language NOR know
anything about the mainstream theories about its history, you have no
business "analyzing it from a historical perspective",

BTW, how fluently do you speak Ossetian?
.

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