Re[2]: [tied] How should Nostratic be viewed?

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 19901
Date: 2003-03-16

At 11:24:54 AM on Sunday, March 16, 2003, Geraldine
Reinhardt wrote:

> Austronesian or Austro-Asiatic......aren't they the same?

No. Austroasiatic comprises the Munda languages of
northeastern India and the Mon-Khmer languages.
Austronesian includes the Polynesian languages, the
languages of the Philippines (e.g., Tagalog, Cebuano,
Ilocano), and Indonesian, among others.

Brian