Re: Linguochronology
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 17, 2003, 8:55 |
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Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:
> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> > Now, you don't need to be a linguist to note that there's nothing to say
> that
> > there weren't several groups of early immigrants, who may've spoken
> languages
> > which separated long before their speakers crossed to the Americas.
>
> Even the most aggressive lumpers don't think that Eskimo-Aleut (which
> still has relatives in Asia), Na-Dene (basically Haida, Tlingit, and
> Athapaskan), and the remaining languages are related below the level
> (if there is such a level) of Proto-World.
By E-A having relatives in Asia, I assume you're not refering to Siberian
Yupik (since that, as far as I understand, got there from Alaska). So what are
those Asian relatives?
BTW, how far west is Aleutian spoken? Russia's Komandorskije Ostrova (can't
find English name) is as close to Attu as to Kamchatka ...
Andreas
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