original karamojong jie language leo connolly crossposted question karamojong linguist sci lang posted response sci lang crossposting article 1994nov22 145346 29219 msuvx1 memphis edu connolly cc memphis edu writes colleague mine would like know latest opinion concerning original language karamojong hordes jie abandoned original language favor masai anyone know whether tongue best described nilotic sudanic nt matter greenberg classified language se seems ave done anyone know classification still generally accepted fair question view recent amerindian debacle bill welmers checklist language dialect names sebeok 1971 current trends linguistics vol 7 linguistics sub saharan africa hague mouton lists karamojong member chari nile branch nilo saharan volume greenberg article nilo saharan meroitic gives little detail assigning teso group eastern nilotic branch eastern sudanic branch chari nile cognate languages within teso teso toposa turkana nt work nilo saharan date current classification however african languages whole greenberg four major families niger congo nilo saharan afro asiatic khoi san stood pretty well last 30 years discussion relationship niger congo nilo saharan convincing case yet published within niger congo realignment john bendor samuel 1991 niger congo languages university press america significant shifting benue congo boundary 600 miles westwards include greenberg called eastern kwa greenberg southern cushitic afro asiatic referred omotic membership afro asiatic seems doubt otherwise african classification works remarkably well africanist graduate school towards end debate greenberg african classification see strong parallels amerindian debate vehemence even rancor critics back fifties sixties less seen recently certainly unfortunate apparently much flawed data american work something cant judge apparently much african work time method mass comparison archeological nature linguistic remarkably high tolerance error consider jury still flames accepted probably ignored herbert stahlke associate director email 00hfstahlke bsu edu university computing services phone 317285 1843 ball state university fax 317285 1797 muncie 47306