Re: Uralic Continuity Theory (was: Meaning of Aryan: now, "white peo

Do you have something against genetic mixing?

--- mkelkar2003 <swatimkelkar@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@>
> > wrote:
> >
> > [I'm allowing this through as a discussion of the
> Uralic Continuity
> Theory', not as a discussion of AIT/OIT, which has
> been reclosed.
> I've therefore taken the liberty of changing the
> subject title. -
> Richard.]
>
> The UCT has been received in the familiar fashion.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/isolintu/voodoo.html
>
> "The model Wiik et. al. proposed on Proto-Uralic and
> its evolution
> suffered from the problem that it contradicted
> everything we know
> about language evolution. Languages do not mix
> unless in rather
> special circumstances, yet genetic mixing and the
> multiple-rooted
> language family trees associated with it were
> cheerfully adopted by
> the 'innovationist' Uralists."
>
> The above claim is just false. Languages do mix and
> could have
> multiple parents. See McMahon and McMahon (2005).pdf
> in the files. The
> intricate web of boxes indicates genetic mixing.
>
> M. Kelkar
>
>
>
>
>

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