Talk:Proto-Pontic language

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[edit] Coctacts/Haplogroups

Is there a theory that says that IE speaking people (Corded Ware, Haplogroup I) came into contact with Kurgan people (Haplogroup R1a) and their language became satemized? Are there elements of satemization in NorthCaucasian? Is this why people think they are related, because of contact. J2/R1a contact in Ukraine. The same way people used to think that Uralic (Hap N) was related to Altaic (Hap C3) but it is accepted that it was due to contact in Eurasia. --Kupirijo 06:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)