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Re: Hobbits, Austronesians, and Creoles

From:Rodlox R <rodlox@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 18:58
>From: damien perrotin <erwan.arskoul@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: Hobbits, Austronesians, and Creoles >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:01:47 +0100 > >Skrivet gant Joe: > >>Kevin Athey wrote:
>>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.
in one way, form, or myth, or another.
>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.
Orang Pendek, perhaps? :)