Re: Yay!!!! I have a web page!!!!

Josh Roth wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/11/98 8:50:54 PM, fortytwo@UFL.EDU writes:
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> >On your languages page, you have a family tree of languages, but a lot
> >of the languages are connected to two ancestors.  How is this possible?
> >Languages only ever have one parent language, tho there may be lots of
> >influence from another.
>
> Well these languages did have 2 ancestors....basically the speakers of 2
> different languages moved into the same area and each group learned some of
> the other language, and the two languages mixed over time.  That's really
> never happened?
A family tree of matrilineal descent would always
show one parent per child, but a patrilineal might well
get complicated ... and many a b*stard tongue there be.
I wouldn't argue if a chart of English showed a German
father, French mother, and several "uncles" ...