--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "John <jdcroft@...>"
> <jdcroft@...> wrote:
> > Hi Torsten
> >
> > > Bantu(?)
> > > Sandawe korongo "long-horned cattle"
> >
> > I thought Sandawe was a Khoisanid language.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > John
>
> So did I, and you're probably right. That's what the question mark
> was about. The "Bantu" epithet comes from the book I took it from
> which I found on the shelf with Very Odd Books at the linguistics
> library. It also has very odd sets of comparisons. I hope his

sources

> are OK. He doesn't promote any theory of PAn - African connection,

so

> at least he's not biased in that direction.

Sandawe isn't even Khoisan. It's an isolate. See
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/16108 and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/16244 !

Richard.