Re: [tied] Re: Mayan and Chinese

OK, thanks for all replies to my question. My intention was just to verify
if there was some sure basis for the hypothesis shown in the book. As
Chinese has a relationship to NaDene Amerindians, I thought perhaps could
have some influence of an hypothetical Proto-NaDene language in Proto-Mayan.
But the data sent by "cybalisters" solve my doubts.
ps: When I was a teenager I had many books about Atlantis, UFO, Astronaut
Gods and other similar themes, and this is one of the reasons that provoked
my interest in Etymology, Comparative Mythology and Proto-languages. I keep
my mind open, but now I review many of
my old ideas, and I can see that many of these ideas are just phantasy,
although there's some fascinating unsolved mysteries yet. For example, the
Aztec legend of an island called Aztlan (variants in another American
languages: Tollan, Atillan) and Plato's Atlantis...

Joao SL

----- Original Message -----
From: Guillaume JACQUES <xiang@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 6:07 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Mayan and Chinese


> --- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> > I have a book, a Portuguese translation of Le Livre des Morts des
> Mayas, by Paul Arnold, who mentions a lot of correspondences between
> Chinese and Mayan languages. I''d like to know if these
> correspondences are sure or it's just a invention of the author:
> >
> > Mayan -b = Chines - -o or zero
> > Mayan (M) lab "old" = Chinese (C) lao "old"
> > M lub "to fall" = C luo "to fall"
> > M cab "strong,fertile" = C gao "fertile, fat"
> > M tub "to spit" = tuo "to spit"
>
> Ces correspondances ne valent rien :
>
>
> vieux lao3 < lawX < *k@-raw
> tomber luo4 < lak < *k@-rak
> graisse gao1 < kaw < *ko ou *kaw
> cracher tu4 < thuH < *thaqs (commun avec l'AN)
>
> Comme vous pouvez tous le remarquer, les finales sont toutes
> differentes en chinois archaique.
>
> Salutations de Canton,
>
> Guillaume
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