Download or read book The Nostratic Macrofamily and Linguistic Palaeontology written by Aron Borisovich Dolgopolʹskiĭ and published by Papers in the Prehistory of La. This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do all or most languages in the world descend from a single proto-language ? And if so what can we tell from linguistic analysis about the speakers of this ancient tongue ? These are the two questions at the heart of this controversial book and the themes clearly outlined by Colin Renfrew in his introduction. The theory of a Nostratic proto-language is not new, but the extremely detailed presentation of historical linguistic evidence provided here is. The lists of possible linguistic roots are not for the faint-hearted, but for serious linguists they provide real meat on which to chew, and, the publishers hope, provide a solid basis for debate.