Re: [Nostratic-L] Re: Why are Indo-Europeanist opposed to a "proto-

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From: mkelkar2003

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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 11:36 PM

Subject: [Nostratic-L] Re: Why are Indo-Europeanist opposed to a "prto-language" for all of humanity

--- In Nostratic-L@yahoogroups.com, "etherman23" <etherman23@...> wrote:
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> I think the reason is probably because there's no convincing evidence
> that Proto-World ever existed.
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http://home.entouch.net/dmd/babel.htm

http://www.zompist.com/langorg.htm

http://ehl.santafe.edu/ruhlen.htm

http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/articles/mothertongue.html

http://www.homestead.com/edenics/files/origin9.doc

M. kelkar


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Patrick:

Brian was challenged 16 hours ago to show where just one of my reconstructed monosyllables (Proto-Language) was "unlikely" to be associated in a large number of languages with a given set of related meanings. A fairly modest task.

 

After his having made wide-reaching (but, apparently empty) generalizations such as that made above by Etherman, Brian seems reluctant to put his mind or tongue to this task.

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

Why?

 

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