the Na's language? Re: Question about word-initial velar nasal

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From: "Roger Mills" <rfmilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: Question about word-initial velar nasal


> John Cowan wrote:
> > If so, the mediating element with Southeast Asia almost has to be
> > Sinitic, despite the disappearance of [N-] over most of the Sinitic
> > area.  No other language group is simultaneously in contact with Turkic,
> > Tungusic, Tai-Kadai, and Austro-Asiatic.
 out of curiosity, to which language/language family do the Na people
belong?