Re: Korean/Japanese/Inupiaq/Aleut/Yupik/Samenoid(sp)

Tom Wier wrote:

>> No languages are proven to be related to Ainu.  Lots of speculation though.
>> Japanese, Altaic, even Indo-European.  (They must not have actually looked
at
>> the language for that last one. :) )
>
>That would depend on what you consider "speculation".  I seriously doubt
>that any linguist who holds a position at a respectable university would
>posit a link between IE and Ainu.
Well, I got that tidbit of info from an Ainu grammar.  It was accompanied by a
quote from the linguist who proposed it (Russian I think; but the Germans did
Ainu work as well) that said it was obvious just by looking at them that the
Ainu are European by ancestry.  Now, I've only seen pictures, but they don't
seem that European to me.

   Edo-Nyland-types, however, make a living
>out of it.
First linguistics related web page I ever found, actually.  Gave me and my
brothers a good laugh.  My historical ling. prof. loved it too.

Marcus