Re: basque article

nicole perrin wrote:

> OK, I might make myself look really stupid here, but what the heck.
>
> http://www.islandnet.com/~edonon/saharan.htm
>
> This is an article that I just started to read, about the origins of
> Basque, Ainu, and Dravidian, and it seems a little bit strange to me,
> and I was just wondering, is there any validity to it?  So far all the
> quotes have been from the Bible, not exactly a reliable linguistic
> source, and it seems like the guy who wrote it is making sort of
> outrageous claims.  Or am I completely wrong, and this is accepted
> theory?  I guess it can't hurt to ask.
No, you're correct.  He's a nutcase, relatively well-known at that
(on the net, at any rate).  Anybody who thinks anything as fundamental
to a society as language can be just invented by Franciscan monks way
back in the 12th century (or whatever, it's been a long time since I've been
there) has to have broken more than a few methodological rules for doing
business.

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