Re: Basque/Georgian

Glen wrote

> If we divide Nostratic
> into three branches (Kartvelian, Afro-Asiatic, and Eurasiatic

[including

> Sumerian, Elamite, Dravidian]) then we see that only Eurasiatic has
> accusative languages. Eurasiatic is the innovator. Even AfroAsiatic

appears

> to be ergative.

Hmm.. interesting hypothesis.

So would you see the following phylogeny?

|-------------------------- Afro-Asiatic
|
| |---------------------- Kartvellian
Nostratic ---| |
| | |--------- Sumerian
| | |
|---| | |------ Elamite
| |--|
| | |------ Dravidian
| |
|-Eurasiatic-| | Altaic
| |
| | Ural Yukaghir
| |
| | PIE
|-Steppe-|
| Etruscan

Attempting a gLeNic construction.

Regards

John