From our point of view there was no migration as such. . . .There was a gradual spread from one center in all directions. In the course of such a spr… - Igor M. Diakonoff

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From our point of view there was no migration as such. . . .There was a gradual spread from one center in all directions. In the course of such a spread the groups of dialects and specific isoglosses that had developed were maintained. . . .The biological situation among the speakers of modern Indo-European languages can only be explained through a transfer of languages like a baton, as it were, in a relay race, but not by several thousand miles' migration of the tribes themselves. (152-153).

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About Igor M. Diakonoff

Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His brothers were also distinguished historians.

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Alternative Names: Igor Diakonov Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff Igor Diakonoff
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