From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56852
Date: 2008-04-06
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From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
>> >
>>
>> Nostratics has most definitely not been proven. There
>> is not even a uniform definition of what composes
>> Nostratic. There are no universally acceptible
>> proto-languages for most postulated members of
>> Nostratic. Rick
>
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> Nostratic has been irrefutably demonstrated.
> On the minor points need to be refined: phonology being a major concern.
> > Patrick
>
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I'm not sure we can assert that Nostratic has been demonstrated.
One of the core assertions of Nostratic is that PIE is closely related to
Asiatic languages
and PAA is a far-away member.
I definitely disagree with that core assertion. I think the reverse is true.
The second point is Nostratic cannot handle ST languages,
which is another way of stating that the reconstructions are inadequate.
Arnaud
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