Proto-Algic V: Doublets and Their Implications.

This paper examines the reconstruction of doublets in the Proto-Algic Indian language. These doublets suggest dialect mixing before the breakup of Proto-Algic society, with frequent elements commonly manifesting the prestige-dialect innovations. An extensive Proto-Algic vocabulary is included. Two appendixes explain new or significantly revised Proto-Algic reconstructions and the Ritwan hypothesis on the origin of the Algic Indians. Contains 73 references. (MDM)