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> Eamon Graham scripsit:
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> > The first is Burushashki which I have quite a bit of linguistic info
> > but nothing really about the history.
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> It's not a written language, so we (= civilization) really know nothing
> about its history. Since it's an isolate, normal reconstruction does not
> have anything to work on, and internal reconstruction is very limited.
>
> > The other two are Bhatola and Nihali. I found a Swadesh list for
> > Nihali but nothing else. I'm not even quite sure what Bhatola is,
> > if it is in fact a language isolate or if I got some bogus info.
>
> Ethnologue information for Nihali at:
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=NHL
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> The Ethnologue labels Bhatola as "Unclassified", which means
> that not enough information is available to establish its genetic
> affiliation. Indeed, the only fact they report is that it is spoken in
> Madhya Pradesh state in India.