tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post4695810792512172541..comments2024-03-27T22:28:06.861-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: Do Glottal Consonants Tell Important Deep Historical Linguistic Tales?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-64448882705293133762015-01-26T16:05:26.730-07:002015-01-26T16:05:26.730-07:00@G Horvat:
There is not discernable linguistic li...@G Horvat:<br /><br />There is not discernable linguistic link, the lack of Y-DNA D in New World populations likely disfavors such a connection. The mtDNA links to Tibet are remote and probably don't fit timewise.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-90137806778105385622015-01-26T12:12:48.713-07:002015-01-26T12:12:48.713-07:00Interesting survey.
The Indo-European laryngeals ...Interesting survey.<br /><br />The Indo-European laryngeals are not usually (ever?) reconstructed as glottal consonants in this sense, though. <br /><br />h1 is usually reconstructed as common or garden /h/ or a glottal stop. The others are usually taken to be pharyngeal or uvular sonorants (or even velars), which are fairly widespread.<br /><br />Laryngeals are reconstructed for all kinds of roots, including many very basic ones, and also for morphological affixes, so piecemeal borrowing from Caucasian-area languages does not seem a likely explanation. Movement outward into other linguistic areas lacking these sorts of sounds would explain their loss in most branches, however.capra internetensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951755327460295070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-7465155960024569962015-01-26T10:51:33.763-07:002015-01-26T10:51:33.763-07:00I have not yet quite determined how but Tibetans s...I have not yet quite determined how but Tibetans seem to have something to do with mtDNA N(xR) haplogrou harbouring populations such as the northern Na-Denes, Inuit and Ainu. The latter is also due to the high frequency of Y chromosome haplogroup D. I can't help but think Edward Sapir was on to something when he contemplated a link between Tibetan and Na-Dene languages. Comments on this?G Horvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821897990245113279noreply@blogger.com