r/IndoEuropean • u/UnderstandingThin40 • 21d ago

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

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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u/Practical_Rock6138 21d ago

Article isn't about ancient migration, it's about sharing of a musical trope across Bronze age civilizations. It's written more lightheaded than your usual paper, but I wouldn't call it unprofessional.

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u/UnderstandingThin40 21d ago

The article says Mitanni spoke a vedic language which is incorrect 

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u/Consistent_Jump9044 20d ago

Mittani had an Indo-European superstrate over colloquial Hurrian. It was a linguisgic palimpsest. Like other trade languages.

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u/Consistent_Jump9044 20d ago

Like Akkadian Sumerian....a palimpsest.