tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post6275439512383989072..comments2024-03-28T21:52:52.100-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: Nilo-Saharan Homeland ProposedAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-4585849424590627452015-06-09T22:37:37.390-06:002015-06-09T22:37:37.390-06:00The speakers of the Kordofan languages are genetic...The speakers of the Kordofan languages are genetically identical to Nilo-Saharan language speakers, indicating a probably language shift.<br /><br />http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2015/06/scientific-reports-5-article-number.htmlandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-90924681378394214992012-05-28T20:24:36.279-06:002012-05-28T20:24:36.279-06:00There is one really easy litmus test to verify if ...There is one really easy litmus test to verify if Academic/cultural bias is involved in the 'debate' of the Afroasiatic urehimat.<br />Just think of a language group that has almost all of its branches spoken in Asia, and one relatively young branch spoken in Africa, and ask yourself, would any one argue for an African origin of such a hypothetical language group with a straight face?<br /><br />The question of the urehimat of Afroasiatic languages is tri-dimensionally loaded, it is loaded with respect to religion, the language group of the Torah, Gospels and Koran, it is loaded with respect to race, no explanation needed and it is loaded with respect to culture, as the areas the Aa languages are spoken in are largely inhabited by people that are the most vehemently ethnocentric in the world.<br /><br />Heck the very script I am using to type this message originated with Afroasiatic speakers.<br /><br />I think the fact that the origin of Aa languages has tremendous implications in the historical course that humanity took is a big part of the reason for an unsolicited and scientifically thorough analysis of it, that and also the fact that Indo European gets all the attention, another loaded language group.Etyopishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311733086301215105noreply@blogger.com