--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>
wrote:

> PROTO-NOSTRATIC: A GRAMMATICAL SKETCH

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> THE PLURAL SUFFIX *-(a)n, *-atu/*-ati
>
> The "construct state" variant had *-an (by the Nasal Rule), the

erg/nom

> *-atu, oblique *-ati. This suffix occurs in practically every Nostratic
> language.

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> Other forms with -n: Basque 1pl. gen-, 2pl. zen-; Berber 3pl. -s&n,

nominal

> pl. -&n, -in; Egyptian 2pl. -kina, 3pl. -sina; Semitic 2pl. -tunu, -kunu,=

> -tina, -kina 3pl. -s^unu, -s^ina, ?1pl. *nina > nia-, nominal pl. -a:nu,
> obl. -a:ni; "definite" nunation/mimation; Kartvelian 1pl *c^wen, 2pl
> *tkwen, nominal pl. -n (but oblique -t), verbal 3pl. -en; Sumerian pl.
> -(e)ne, PIE verbal -mén(i), -tér (-téni), -ér (-én-ti); Uralic (Samoyed)
> 3pl. -n.

In view of Piotr's personal attack on the relatedness of Basque and
Georgian at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/22876 , I
am impelled to ask. Do you think Basque and Georgian are related,
albeit only in the context of the Nostratic group?

Richard.