Re: [tied] Nakh Daghestan and the origins of agriculture

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>
> John:
> >I on the other hand am very sympathetic to the thesis that HU is a
> >third (and possibly earlier) branch of NEC.
>
> Sympathy is great and all, but what shows that it _is_ an NEC lg
> on a par with Nakh and Daghestinian? Your family is nice and
> symmetrical but that's not the sole reason for your idea, is it?
>
>
> = gLeN
>

The only thing I can say is that HU is more akin to NEC than to NWC
for example. But the precise details of the relationship are still
obscure. As for me HU and NEC are separate outputs of a single
protolanguage.

Marco