--- In Nostratica@..., "Gerry" <waluk@...> wrote:

> I joined the Astronesian group. When you and Torsten Pedersen
> examine Paul Manansala's linguistic links will you be examining word
> (root) similarities or endings or syntax or what?

I will be looking at roots. I think we've exhausted the issue of
affixes, but we shall see. I don't think syntactic parallels have
been mentioned, except for a very few set phrases, such as 'eye of the
day' = 'sun'.

> Is a C2VC4VC3 or C2VC3VC5 word some type of code? Where could I

find the key?

All over the place. C = consonant, V = vowel. The digits, implicitly
subscripted, identify the consonants, so I can say C2VC3 is the root.
You may have noticed that I omitted the nasal that pops up in various
places.

Richard.