Re: Existence of PIE (was: Nostratic language family)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mwwalder" <martin.walder@...> wrote:

> > However, are there not some genuinely doubtful members of the
> family?
> > (You may fairly regard this as nit-picking.) Are Tok Pisin and
> > Sranan Germanic languages? I presume Afrikaans is a pukka Germanic
> > language.
>
> I think the history of these languages is well-known. The debate is
> around the details of the creolisation processes (and in the case of
> Afrikaans whether it is or is not a creole), not which 'language
> family' these languages belong to.

Are you saying that the issue here is simply a matter of definition?

Richard.