'Theo Vennemann genannt Nierfeld' (
May 27,
1937 - ) is a
German linguist known best for his work on
historical linguistics, especially for his disputed theories of a
Vasconic substratum and an
Atlantic superstratum of European languages. He also suggested that the
High German consonant shift was already completed in the early 1st century BC, and not in the 9th century AD as most experts believe.
External links
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Official site (German)
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Site at the
Institute of German Philology