Re: Odp: John has been assimilated

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 1388
Date: 2000-02-05

 
----- Original Message -----
From: John Croft
To: cybalist@eGroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 3:26 AM
Subject: [cybalist] Re: John has been assimilated

John writes:
What about those that have followed up using Greenberg's methodology in
working towards Proto-World?  I understand Ruhlen and others have done
considerable work in this direction.  A radio program on the Australian
Broadcasting Commission about 12 months ago suggested the following
words (amongst others) had been recovered 

tik      (finger, one)
pal      (two)
mama     (one parent, usually mother)
papa     (the other parent)
akwa     (water)
me       (what?)
anka     (I)
bak      (not)
mena     (know)

These are spelled as I heard them on the radio, so I may not have them
linguistically correct.  Does anyone else on this list know of this
work or what state it is up to?
Me? O, mama. Anka bak mena.
 
Anka mena-mena Ruhlen kuku. Kuku-kuku.
 
Piotr