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>Typological similarities certainly exist between Basque and Georgian. Typological similarities are not considered to be all too important for establishing a g
by temp 10y ago
>Typological similarities certainly exist between Basque and Georgian.
Typological similarities are not considered to be all too important for establishing a genetic relationship between languages. What's much more relevant are word cognates among the most basic words (because there's less of a tendency for languages to borrow those). And those have to be made with phonological changes in mind, meaning you can't just compare today's words but rather their forms at an earlier point in time.
- ar-jan 10y agoIt's true that cognates in basic vocabulary are very important. But the beauty of the comparative method is that you don't need the know earlier forms in order to infer cognacy (although they can provide further evidence).