LINGUIST List 22.3563 Mon Sep 12 2011 Media: Yeniseian-Na-Dene link? Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Amy Brunett , Yeniseian-Na-Dene link? Message 1: Yeniseian-Na-Dene link? Date: 12-Sep-2011 From: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> Subject: Yeniseian-Na-Dene link? E-mail this message to a friend In the online article, 'Linguistics: Deep relationships between languages', Jared Diamond discusses Edward Vajda's evidence for a link between Yeniseian and Na-Dene. According to the article, Vajda proposes that Yeniseian languages and American Na-Dene languages share a dozen grammatical prefixes and about 100 cognate words with sound correspondences. The articles ends with a discussion of key questions that still need to be answered. For the full article, please go to the following URL: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7360/full/476291a.html Linguistic Field(s): Genetic Classification Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.