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Nope. I intended to open this thread discussing the alleged "unique properties" of Greek, and the denial of the IE theory, but then I thought that this would make the thread too narrow, so I put a more generic title

The one I have encountered said that the Greeks developed their alphabet thousands of years earlier (invoking some sort of thing involving cave wall paintings) and seemed to think that the Phoenicians got writing from the Greeks, if I remember his arguments correctly. I may be mildly misrepresentin...

I make an attempt to sumarize Greek-related fringe claims here: Greek is a very ancient language, and everything Greek is indigenous. (oldness and originality give prestige) The Indo-European theory is a myth, if not anti-hellenic propaganda. (It is wrongly considered that if the glorious, wise Gree...

Haha, you summarized the situation perfectly, CWB

The biggest problem with these guys is that they consider the mainstream linguistics totally eveil: everyone who doesn't accept their opinions, is an enemy, or part of a conspiracy, or victim of propaganda.

Your replies were quite interesting. Especially the situation with Hungarian!! Concerning Greek, the situation varies between "IE is a lie" and "Greek has unique properties". If you are interested I can try to summarize the most of the most characteristic claims. Greeks resent IE for some specific r...

Greetings to your forum :) I am starting my presence here, wishing to discuss the linguistic situation in Greece. I hope you find this story interesting, and I would be greatly interested to know if such phenomena can be found elsewhere. Of course there is a professional, academic linguistic communi...