Re: USAGE: Outstanding Features - Andean Family

Brad Coon <bradandjen@...>
>I will admit to not remembering what lgs are included in the Andean
>family, is this a Greenberg creation?  I am extremely dubious about
>almost of all of his 'Amerind' concoctions. In any case, I suggest
>you read "Sounds like Life" which deals with Quechua, this is the
>most fascinating work I have ever come across dealing with ideophones
>which are apparently extremely common and important in the lg.
Well, I have read something not exactly about ideophones but about the
affective properties of certain phonemes in quechua. The document is
online at

http://www.peruonline.net/especiales/el_dorado/Jul-Se97/Quechua/Quecp1-i.htm

And you can find something on the hypothesys that aymara and quechua
both share the same ancestor (notice the tree figure in page 2) at:

http://www.peruonline.net/especiales/el_dorado/Jul-Se97/Andina/Andip1-i.htm

Greetings

Alex C.