----- Original Message -----

From: Richard Wordingham

To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:17 AM

Subject: [nostratic] Re: Austronesian-Nostratic Connections

--- In nostratic@......, "Geraldine Reinhardt" <waluk@......> wrote:
>   Like mitocondrial Eve, Proto-World is an illusive construct which
>   serves an academic purpose.  Nevertheless, all evidence points to
a
>   reasonably unified point of contact.  80,000 y/a is a very late
date
>   for Proto-World.  What language was spoken before then?

Pre-Proto-World, of course!

Richard.



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