You might want to do a google search for Nostratic.  There's a fair amount of information available about it on the web.  Keep in mind, though, that it's not a proven concept.  It's theoretical, and somewhat controversial, at least among mainstream linguists.
 
Andy Howey

madlinguistics <madlinguistics@...> wrote:
I didnt mix it up.  I just had another question about information on
Nostratic so I thought I would ask.  I am new to the idea but it is similar
to my own theories, so I want ot learn more about it.

--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Geraldine Reinhardt"
<waluk@...> wrote:
> You must have me mixed up with someone else.  Or else you're
> a machine.
>
> This is what I sent you:
>
> Nostratic has been a topic under discussion for a long time and
> presently is an active topic on many discussion groups.
>
> Your point about people who evolved in different places speaking
> a different language is as plausible as the antithesis which amounts
> to people evolving in one specific area (say OoA) and then
> dispersing.
>
> I like to think of languages as different dialects whereby the speaker
> of a definite "down Maine" accent cannot understand someone
speaking
> Creole from New Orleans.  Both languages are considered to be
> indigenous to America yet both New Orleans and Maine were settled
> by immigrants who came from the continent.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry Reinhart-Waller
> www.home.earthlink.net/~waluk
>
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: madlinguistics
>   To: Nostratica@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:36 PM
>   Subject: [Nostratica] basic info on nostratic
>
>
>   your link doesn't work.   is there any other sites or links you have
that
>   have the basic information about nostratic for people new to the
study? 
>   is there anyone here who has studied much the connections
between
>   the altaic and the amerindian famailes?  Im doing so, and the
grammar
>   of quechua, hopi, and turkish are nearly identical.  any info on that
let
>   me know.
>
>
>
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