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

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 19985
Date: 2003-03-17

Andy,
 
Yes, you can send your list to Nostratica.....I'm never really sure where one list begins and the other ends but I do think language mega familes fit better on Nostratica.
 
Gerry
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Howey
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: 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