Re: How should Nostratic be viewed?

Interesting. Why are you excluding Semitic and Dravidian? Agree that Yukaghirian is connected to Uralic, thus Yukaghirian is dinged. Please explain why Euro-Asiatic is excluded, why can't Korean-Ainu-Japanese be labeled Austronesian, why is Ainu excluded .....has it been successfully connected to Altaic, you haven't explained what you've done with the Kets, and agree that Nivkhs is another term for Gilyak but to which mega family does it connect?

Gerry

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From: Miguel Carrasquer

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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 5:33 PM

Subject: Re: [Nostratica] How should Nostratic be viewed?

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:17:12 -0800, "Geraldine Reinhardt" <waluk@...> wrote: >But what of Semitic, Dravidian, Yukaghirian, Euroasiatic, Austronesian, Ainu, Kets isolated family, and Nivkhs isolated family? Excluded, excluded, included (in Uralic), can't be included in itself, excluded, mentioned already (Korean-Ainu-Japanese), excluded, is another name for Gilyak. Respectively. ======================= Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv@...

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