I think it's an interesting possibility, and some of the cognates he  proposes may indeed be historically related, but it does not  necessarily prove that Na-Dené and Yeniseian are sister families. A  number of Americanists are even weary of calling Na-Dené a cohesive  language family, so going beyond that in my opinion, is walking on  shaky ground.
  
  - Andrew

Pamela Crossley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  oh andrew, i can't resist asking --what do you think of the ruhlen article in human biology on ket and na-dene? 




On May 19, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Andrew E Shimunek wrote:

It seems I put the wrong date on Vovin's article. Here is the correct bibliographic info:
  
  Vovin, Alexander (2000) "Did the Xiong-nu speak a Yeniseian language?", Central Asiatic Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 87-104.
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