The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s13.2

c10.s13.2

1. At least in the case of the liquid vowels. The simple form 𓆛 which is probably articulated with a (inherent in the base form of Brahmi and Ethiopic) seems more stable, being found before 𓆢 𓆣 and 𓆞 , and after all sorts of signs (see Table I). It is perhaps worth remarking here that if (as I think it is arguable) the Brahmi, Sabaean and Ethiopic scripts are all derived from Proto-Indian, and if the Ethiopians were allied in race to the Ethiopic Gedrosians (?) of the Indus valley, then the extraordinary fluidity in the Ethiopic liquid vowels, may have its explanation in the similar fluidity of these vowels in the Proto-Indian parent. By this I do not wish to suggest linguistic descent, but merely that if there was racial descent or affinity we may expect the phonetic peculiarities of the parent (which are determined by the physical conformation of the organs of speech) to be manifest in the descendant even when speaking a different tongue.