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