----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:25
PM
Subject: [Nostratica] Re: defintition of
nostratic
--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com,
"madlinguistics"
<madlinguistics@......> wrote:
>
> i first heard of nostratic as the theoretical first language, and
then i read
> in wikipedia that it is mainly Eurasian
languages. which is it?
Mostly Eurasian. However, if you
accept Afro-Asiatic languages, then
they account for about 40%, so I would
say at least 30% of Nostratic
languages are actually principally used in
Africa!
Richard.
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