From: Rick McCallister
Message: 58283
Date: 2008-05-02
>Get in touch with Paul Sidwell and Alwxander Vovin.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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