Re: Hobbits, Austronesians, and Creoles

Skrivet gant Joe:

> Kevin Athey wrote:
>
>>> From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
>>>
>>> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001984.html
>>
>>
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>> This is garbage.
>>
>> First of all, Proto-Austronesians did not, I believe, even come to
>> Flores
>> until long after H. florensis became extinct.  Even if that were not the
>> case, SO much language change happens in 13,000 years that any trend
>> caused
>> by such an interaction would be burried in time.
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> Hold on.  We don't actually know when H. floresiensis become extinct.
> It may have lasted somewhat longer - we only just found one site,
> remember, so there may well be more, younger ones.  Not only that, they
> may not be confined to Flores.
>
Indeed, but I don't see them integrated into Indonesian society without
everybody from Oman to Canton knowing it. There were several advanced
states in the area and the island, albeit backward, was mentioned in
javanese and chinese texts. If hobbits lived in the villages alongside
with men we would know.
I can accept hobbits surviving in the deep jungle - even in Java - not
hobbits walking down the streets of Djakarta.

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