From: Ratson Naharadama <yahoo-arch AT heplist.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: WELSH AND HEBREW
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:30:27 -0600
That was an odd post. I find it interesting, though, because Welsh is
very closely related to Cornish (both are classified as P-Celtic, which
is also called Brythonic). While I am familiar with Welsh (one of the
earlier languages I studied), I'm much more familiar with Cornish. I
remember it mentioned in a few books that the English, a few centuries
back, had a weird idea that Cornish was identical to Hebrew, so someone
decided to distribute the Old Testament to the Cornish parish churches
in the Hebrew language. I do not know the origin of this tale, nor do I
know what basis this belief may have been based on, but it's interesting
that someone would have a similar thought about closely related Welsh.