>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>
>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > Wasn't Turkish thought to be Uralic too or am I completely off?
>
>Not completely. What is thought by some is that Uralic and Turkic both
>belong to the "Uralo-Altaic family".
>
> > but I thought it was an accepted theory.
>
>Still pretty controversial. :-) Even Altaic is controversial.
I've read a Finnish book about the languages of world which is used in the
university. There the writer says Altaic is hypothetical. I guess the
Finnish professionals don't believe in it.
Tero
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