Re: [tied] Japanese as a creole language?

> Guys, guys, guys, (and ladies):
> Please, none of this answers my original query of whether the hypothesis
> stated at web site http://www-lib.icu.ac.jp/LibShuppan/lecture/6-2-1.html
> of proto-Japanese originally being a creole of an Austronesian language
> and an Altaic language is valid.

I only skimmed it but I didn't see any comparative evidence for it. He
seems to be saying mostly that a derivation of Japanese from known lg
families is not demonstratable without introducing a creole stage. But
that assumes Japanese _is_ derivable from some known language family.
The demographic/migration data is hard for me to judge though.
best wishes, Harald