tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post7989397926354288128..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Phylogeography of Bantu languages (Currie et al. 2013)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-59905995982865969752013-05-10T02:21:23.864+03:002013-05-10T02:21:23.864+03:00Compare to musical regions?
http://en.wikipedia.or...Compare to musical regions?<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afrika_MO.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-2166311764192206202013-05-09T22:23:09.174+03:002013-05-09T22:23:09.174+03:00This pattern of migration chimes with some linguis...This pattern of migration chimes with some linguistic archeology. Apparently the eastern and southern languages didn't retain the ancestral terminology for cattle that the western languages did, having been unable to keep cattle in forested areas and they borrowed most of it later from Nilotic or other languages already in the area, who they got new cattle from. This map shows how that would have happened.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187836541591828806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-12331317243649565472013-05-09T02:17:00.876+03:002013-05-09T02:17:00.876+03:00This is, in a sense, proof that phylogenetic metho...This is, in a sense, proof that phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics can be done right. I'm not too sure about their conclusions on language geography, but at least the basic data is generally sound, and all the caveats are clearly stated. Others should learn.tewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905555876122154861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-21466925141218520632013-05-09T01:35:04.527+03:002013-05-09T01:35:04.527+03:00Brilliant. Hopefully it will be the template for ...Brilliant. Hopefully it will be the template for further studies in language expansion. Presumably we will now be able to trace the Y-DNAs involved also. terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com