Re: [tied] How should Nostratic be viewed?

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 19854
Date: 2003-03-16

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:22:01 -0800, "Gerry" <waluk@...>
wrote:

>-- Indo-European, Semitic, Kartvelian, Dravidian, Uralo-Altaic (including Athapaskan), Yukaghirian, Euroasiatic, Austronesian and Paleoasiatic/Eskaleut.
>
>[please note that this listing places both Yukaghirian

No it doesn't.

>and Athapaskan into Uralo-Altaic and connects Ainu to Altaic].

No-one (not even Ruhlen) believes in Uralo-Altaic anymore. Adding
Athabascan and Ainu is just silly.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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