[Fictionary] Re: Ket-NaDene

[David Randall]

Elliott,

Thank you!

David


On 4/6/08 2:41 PM, "eLLioTT morEton" <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, David Randall wrote:
> 
>> I just read an article claiming that one Edward Vajda has presented
>> convincing proof that the NaDene languages are related to Ket, a language
>> spoken in four villages along the Yenesei River--relating words for canoe,
>> prow, etc., as well as finding structural similarities.  I gather this idea
>> has been floating around for a while; the claim is that this is a more
>> convincing tie.  Do you have informed comment?
> 
> I'm not knowledgeable in any of these areas.  However, people who ought to
> know, like Johanna Nichols, Berndard Comrie, and Eric Hamp, are taking it
> seriously.  You can find the papers from the conference where the evidence
> was presented at [1].  Others on this list may know more than I.
> 
> Regards,
> em
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/dy2008.html