tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post115215289926627841..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Merritt Ruhlen's ListAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1152336410790703202006-07-08T01:26:00.000-04:002006-07-08T01:26:00.000-04:00Japanese is an individual language, not a family. ...Japanese is an individual language, not a family. Ruhlen's evidence would be that some members of the family shown those cognates, not that all do.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1152308780179352412006-07-07T17:46:00.000-04:002006-07-07T17:46:00.000-04:00Since I'm not Japanese, I can't claim full fluency...Since I'm not Japanese, I can't claim full fluency, but almost of those words are within my vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>I can pretty confidently say that Japanese doesn't fit with whatever languages he's comparing.Lokkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005273848309086765noreply@blogger.com