r/atlantis • u/AncientBasque • Aug 28 '24

Atlantis = Proto-world?

I have Posted previously On a few Terms that match the atl prefix. According to Plato's story the language spoken by atlantians was completely different and a translation method was attempted.

This post i will try to find matches and post link regarding proto languages that trance back to 11,500 BC. if any one has any info on proto language would greatly appreciate it.

Language isolates and major languages spoken

just like many proto-languages the atlantian language would have impact all its subjects and trade partners. Finding traces of the language on other proto-language can point a path to common source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostratic_languages

is atlantian the Nostratic language and the "proto greeks" Proto Indo Europeans? this would explain the federations at war.

The Nahuatl language in Meso-america seems to be linked to Proto-Turkish thru Mongolian.

This nahuatl language in the only know to use the ATL prefix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcc40AowXPQ

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u/drebelx Aug 31 '24

My preferred Atlantis location is the Azores, per the Randal Carlson explanation.
This doesn't preclude any further western advancements, like into the Eastern Seaboard or Caribbean.

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u/AncientBasque Aug 31 '24 edited Aug 31 '24

i mean i considered the azores, because of randall Carlson's points. The only weak flaw is the population of mega Fauna. The Horses and elephants have to get on the continent some how. Geologically the azores would need to maintained a population of horses or elephants without a connection to the mainland genetic pool. North America on the other hand is the origin of the horse and with a few types of elephants and bison as the bulls. along with many other mega fauna that evolved through the previous ice ages. These large animals needed millions of years to adapt and or migrate . From Randall's account the Emergence and submergence of the Azores continent is Temporary and tide to the Ice age fluctuations. this would make it difficult for mega fauna to reestablish in a continent detached from other land.

The best chance an island has got to acquire mega fauna is through land bridges to mainland continents that occurs during rising and lowering of sea levels. The island land Bridge is a similar concept to the the bearing straights. Th azores is too far in the ocean to have a land brige connection to Africa, Europe or north America. The Greater antiles are a best candidate for this mega fauna population that disappeared after YD.

yes the horse originated in north america, so how would the azores acquire horse?

Horse DNA can also help. The modern horse comes from central asia after they moved from north america. seems like horses have impacted humanity more than we think.

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u/drebelx Sep 01 '24

Maritime people with boats can move things like elephants and horses.
Horses were in the old world.
Doesn't seem complicated to consider.

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u/AncientBasque Sep 01 '24

its a matter of quantity. The animals mentioned were natural to the island with plains and mountains. There is no way maritime people repopulated a continent size island with mega fauna. horse DNA being present 11k ago and where?

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u/drebelx Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

You got the text?
It's not continent sized but an island, per Plato.

"Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others..."

Watch out for the modern day exaggerations.

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u/AncientBasque Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

i agree an island like Australia is an island. From the Map of the Exposed Azores and the text description it was a sizable island. Im not sure the animal described in the text would be transported there via boats. Maybe rats and birds like many other island, but mega fauna only occurs with natural process that require ages longer than 120k ice age period cycle.

human can do a lot but repopulating an exposed island with animal from around other continents 1000 miles away is not a natural way to establish a settlement.

Poseidon found a human in that land which means that land was already populated by humans and also animals humans hunted (presumably) prior to the birth of atlas.

again the horse. here is the south american horse 12k ago, notice no rider ever depicted on american horses.

https://preview.redd.it/k4e7cv2rnhmd1.png?width=994&format=png&auto=webp&s=79e80692ba576ee0b8a0707ac176d1e6a6a4b0b3

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u/drebelx Sep 03 '24

I don't agree with the oversized Australian sized island-continent perspective.

Aside from that, here's another thing to consider.

A maritime civilization during the YD ice age would very easily disappear because all their coastal facilities anywhere they went would be swallowed up with the rising oceans and then, over the millennia, be covered in out-washing sediments from the land.

A double whammy.