At 09:13 PM 1/1/06 +0000, jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Urte Berri on > >Basque, a unique language without any known roots... > Well, this is a bit of a claim which may or may not be true. Basque is almost certainly the survival of the Neolithic substrate present when the Indo-Europeans came romping in. Linguists have been arguing about it for years and still are doing this. But it seems certain to be a true survivor, in any event. SOMEONE beat out the Beaker People, and it seems to have been the Basques. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list