I hear ya.  I was being vague in my listing; I'm more of a lumper than a splitter.  And I left out the Permian branch of Finnic.  The SIL Ethnologue has something pretty similar, with an "onion peel" type of progression in Finno-Ugric.  ~DaW~
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 22 September, 2001 18:39
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Proposal of a name for a possible family

Not so fast Danny.  A computer just might have one up on you.
 
According to HOLLIS (the early 1990s version) and Sergei Arutiunov:
 
Finnic
  Baltic (western)
    Finnish
    Estonian
    Karelian
    Ingrian
    Vote
  Permian (eastern)
     Komi-Zyrian
     Komi-Perian
     Udmurt
   Volgaic (southern)
      Mordvian
      Mari
    Lapp/Saami (northern)
Ugric
  Hungarian
  Mansi
  Khanty