Re: learning about Nostratic

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:30:16 -0000, "Gerry <waluk@...>"
<waluk@...> wrote:

>Yes, the classification of Iranian becomes very problematic. First
>we have the problem of which languages are extinct (and then the
>difficulty with when they became extinct). The concept of extinction
>is a hard nut to crack whether it's in biology or linguistics. Now
>about Tajik, is it a variety of Modern Persian or an individual
>language family?

It's certainly not a language _family_.

>> It is not true to say that Welsh is
>> spoken in the south of England and
>> English is spoken in the north.
>
>You're probably correct although it wouldn't have been my saying it;
>rather it was said by Alekseev. In general terms though, where in
>England is Welsh spoken?

Nowhere. It's spoken in Wales.


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