New preprint claims that the Rigveda and Mittani/Hurrian song (hymn to Nikkal) have the same cadence and are from the same musical foundation

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What do you guys think?

Paper: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202506.1669/v2

Not an expert but this seems like a stretch?

Also the author doesn’t seem to know that the Mitanni come from the steppe and not India, making him seem less credible.

The paper also in general doesn’t come off as professional.

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btw there was an earlier post about this https://www.reddit.com/r/IndoEuropean/comments/1msp6hw/new_study_from_uc_santa_barbara_rigveda_and_hymn/