Re: Re[4]: [tied] How should Nostratic be viewed?

Gerry:

As far as I know and understand, the various Australian language families haven't been proven to be related to each other, much less to anything outside of Australia.  If there was such a language/family as Proto-World, that is probably the closest relationship that any of the Australian languages have to Nostratic (or Dene-Sino-Caucasian or Amerind or ...).  Besides, I was under the impression that this is more of a (Proto-)Indo-European list.  If you like, I can post the message I will be sending to the Nostratica list instead of sending it to you privately.

Andy Howey

 Geraldine Reinhardt <waluk@...> wrote:

Andy,

 

Thanks.  But doesn't Australian and the languages contained within fit into Nostratic?

 

Gerry

----- Original Message -----

From: Andrew Howey

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Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:20 AM

Subject: Re: Re[4]: [tied] How should Nostratic be viewed?

Gerry:

Funny you should ask.  I anticipated this question and am in the process of preparing a list of the Australian language families (and the languages contained therein).  I will send it to you later today off-list since we seem to have gotten way off-topic.

Andy Howey

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