bryant, if i understand correctly, their point of view is evolution and the date they cite (7000 years ago? i would say, earlier) refers not to the origin of language but the common origin of the polynesian languages only.
i guess the choice of polynesian may be for their relative isolation which meant they did not mix with other language groups. though some of the islands have maintained mutual contact. the situation in africa is different due to the coexistence of several language families. polynesian, and other family groups, such as indo-european, have already been studied from this point of view, "proving" a common origin for several family groups. but the computer continues to surprise us and provide new and more powerful possibilities for cross-linguistic analysis by working with ever lower probability ranges. nir cohen On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:00:31 -0500, b-hebrew-request wrote > Send b-hebrew mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of b-hebrew digest..." -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
