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Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:10
AM
Subject: [nostratic] Re:
Austronesian-Nostratic Connections
Glen writes:
> 5) I
think "Proto-World", which would be the ancestor
of
> all modern
languages did exist approximately 80,000
years
> ago, but like
mitochondrial Eve, it is the only
survivor
> of what was
once many linguistic lineages that
extend
> further into
even more unimaginable depths of
time.
> The
reconstructions that have been proposed however
are
> definitely
half-assed.
Like mitocondrial Eve, Proto-World is an illusive
construct which
serves an academic purpose. Nevertheless, all
evidence points to a
reasonably unified point of contact. 80,000 y/a
is a very late date
for Proto-World. What language was spoken before
then?
Gerry
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