Gerry wrote
> John, In attempting a gLeNic construction for the Nostratic language
> family, you set up a very interesting schema. But I have (2)
questions:
> why are you seperating Sumerian from Elamite + Dravidian and why are
you
> giving PIE equal status with the extinct Etruscan language found only
in
> an area around Rome?
It has been suggested that Elamite was linked with Dravidian.
Certainly Protoelamite remains have been found as far as Shah el Shoktr
on the Pakistan-Iran border and at Sialkh. Elamite seems one of an
extinct family of Zagros languages including Lullabi, Guti, Subartu
(Around Ashur) and Kassite). From what I understand Sumerian seems a
little further away.
Regarding your second point - I am not usre where Etruscan fits in,
except Glen keeps talking about Indo-Etruscan and PIE. Does this mean
that Etruscan lies midway between PIE and the Steppic group (including
Proto-Uralic-Yukaghir?). You'll have to ask this one of Glen.
Regards
John