Re: [tied] Re: kinship systems

> Yes, many Altaicists regard Altaic as a diffuse phylum consisting >of
>three independent families whose mutual genetic relatedness is >possible
>but remains uncertain. (Needless to say, they don't add >Japanese and/or
>Korean to it.). So, to read John literally, (each part >of) Altaic has many
>but distant similarities to (the other parts of) >Altaic.

Erh, alrighty then...

- gLeN
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