The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

From: tgpedersen
Message: 30466
Date: 2004-02-02

>
> [*] It's a thin line, of course, and some trains of thought can be
readily
> dismissed because of the impossibility of either the historical
scenario
> (even if some curious linguistic data exists) or because of the
> impossibility of the linguistics (even if the historical scenario
itself is
> plausible). So yes, a few Austronesian numerals look suspiciously
like PIE
> numerals, but no, there never were waves of Austronesians handing
out words
> all over the globe.

Because...?

Torsten