Re: CHAT: Genetics: was: CHAT: minimum phonemes, was vrindo
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 24, 1999, 16:22 |
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Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> I think it is rather dangerous to try and link genetic descent
> and linguistic descent - the two don't have anything to do with
> each other.
Right, just look at English, a Germanic language with a considerable
Romance superstrate, spoken not only by Germanic Anglo-Saxons, but also
by virtually every ethnic group.
--
Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting
-- Benjamin Franklin
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