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Re: Hobbits spoke Indonesian!

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 23:59
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:13:08 -0500, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
 I
> don't know where the "Negritos" of the Philippines fit in; the name suggests > they might also show pre-AN "Papuan" traits.
From what i've read, they probably share ancestry with the Papuan peoples. However, all groups have lost whatever original languages they spoke and now speak AN languages instead. Though, I wonder if there may be words from their earlier languages in their specific languages. -- You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian