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Re: A new Indo-European subfamily in China

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 5, 2000, 0:31
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 02:33:15 -0500 Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
writes:
(this is also in reply to other posters on the subject of Sino-Cauc)
> I *believe* that it only claims NORTH Caucasian. I believe South > Caucasian > or Kartvelian is included in Nostratic.
Sergei Starostin is a promoter of the Sino-Caucasian theory; his version includes North (NOT South) Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, and Ket-Yenisseian. South Caucasian or Kartvelian is indeed considered Nostratic by that macrofamily's promoters; it is also included in Joseph Greenberg's Eurasian. DaW.