Re: Yeneseic and Na-Dene

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 54945
Date: 2008-03-10

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Yeneseic and Na-Dene
So are you saying that Yeniseian DNA was tested against Athabaskan DNA?

Is it what you are saying complete beside the point?


Patrick

<snip>

> Another thing, analysis of Native American DNA points
> to the region occupied now by the Sakha (Yakuts). Who
> was there before the Turks expanded into the region?
>
>
> --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
>
> > I am glad to finally be able to provide a very
> > interesting link to our
> > group:
> >
> >
> > http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/docs/vajda-2008.pdf
> >
> >
> > Vajda has made an absolutely brilliant analysis of
> > the _now_ certain
> > relationship between Siberian Yeneseian and North
> > American Na-Dene.
> >
> > His statement on the proper way to compare language
> > families is a classic
> > formulation of all the right principles, in my
> > opinion. And he applies them
> > competently to the hypothesis at hand.
> >
> > It is particularly exciting to me that he has
> > identified several morphemes
> > that can be easily connected with my Proto-Language
> > monosyllables, the short
> > listing of which is at
> >
> >
> http://geocities.com/proto-language/PL-Monosyllables_short.htm
> >
> >
> > It is a validation of the universality of those
> > monosyllables.
> >
> > Some readers may want to compare the meanings of the
> > morphemes he has
> > identified with the following PL monosyllables:
> >
> > PL T?SA with YeNa <d>
> > PL NHA with YeNa <l> and possibly <tl>
> > PL NA with YeNa <n>
> > PL QO with YeNa final <ng>
> > PL FO with YeNa <w> (2nd p. sing.)
> > PL ¿E with YeNa <i> (1st p. sing.)
> > PL NO with YeNa <n> (1st. p.)
> > PL P?A with YeNa <b> (inanimate)
> >
> > and others with the connection is less obvious.
> >
> > I can hardly wait for a Proto-Yeneseian Dictionary.
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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