Re: Nostratic's ancestor

Glennie:

> I have theories. I've already mentioned the idea that Nostratic comes

> from

"DeneCaucasian", the ancestor of other megafamilies like SinoDene

>

(NaDene, SinoTibetan, AbkhazAdhyghe, Hattic), BuruYen (Burushaski,

>

Yenesseian)and VascoCaucasic (NakhDaghestinian, Basque, HurroUrartian).

Do you have a diagram (like John Croft's) in the files?

> I believe that Nostratic might have retained a word class system, but

> without
>

the prefixed markers seen in other branches of DeneCaucasian. I've suggested

> that Nostratic had three genders (perhaps: human, animal,

inanimate).

Very interesting i.e. that Nostratic doesn't have a male and female gender. What dates are you placing on Nostratic?

love and kisses,

Gerry