Re: THEORY: A possible Proto-World phonology

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Hailman <robert@...> writes:
    Robert> included beyond that. Nostratists (?) are basically trying
    Robert> to prove that IE is related to many more languages, that
    Robert> all share a common ancestor, which probably would indeed
    Robert> be pre-IE.

Well of course IE must be related to other languages; the question is,
is it recent enough for comparative methods to be effective. I would
wager that many of IE's ancestors were wiped out at the end of the
last ice-age due to the sudden change in migration patterns etc. Who
can tell for sure who lived where, and what languages were spoken in
what regions?

Regards,
Ben