However, Hock argues that Dravidian should not be considered as significant, but that retroflexion is, rather, the outcome of areal features cutting across language boundaries in the Northwest of the Indian subcontinent, and extending into Central Asia.
Hock posits that Dravidian should not be regarded as significant, but rather retroflexion is, instead, the consequence of areal features spreading across language boundaries in the Northwest of the Indian subcontinent and beyond into Central Asia.