From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58281
Date: 2008-05-02
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From: "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
>John Bengtson (Mother Tongue XI) proposes Ainu as a member of
>a "Greater Austric" macro-family which would also comprise
>Austronesian, Austroasiatic, Daic, Hmong-Mien, and Nahali -- see the
>pdf version of the paper at
>http://jdbengt.net/articles/Austric.pdf
>There's no genetic relationship of Ainu with Chinese or Uralic in
>sight.
>Regards,
>Francesco
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Francesco,
Are you aware that the data provided can also prove
that Ainu is PIE or Uralic
I don't think you can prove anything with ten look-alike
that don't look alike and have different meanings.
man : kur
What about *kor "young man"
Cf. Greek kouros
What about Uralic *koj, *kom "man" ?
Me : ku
What about *eg(h)o
Blood : kem
this word does not look at all Austric !
Head : pa
Cf. PIE preH2
Cf. Finnish pää.
Root : rit
Cf. English root !
Fire : apoy
Cf. PIE puH2
Sky, cloud : nis
Cf. PIE nebhes
Die : day !!
Cf. English die [daj] !!
Proves nothing....
Arnaud
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