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.<br>  <br>  - Andrew<br><br><b><i>Pamela Crossley &lt;<a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0605C%26L%3DSAHALIYAN%26E%3D8bit%26P%3D46884%26B%3D--0-572413907-1148063066%253D%253A99340%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Diso-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">  oh andrew, i can't resist asking --what do you think of the ruhlen article in human biology on ket and na-dene?&nbsp;<div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On May 19, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Andrew E Shimunek wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">It seems I put the wrong date on Vovin's article. Here is the correct
 bibliographic info:<br>  <br>  Vovin, Alexander (2000) "Did the Xiong-nu speak a Yeniseian language?", <span style="font-style: italic;">Central Asiatic Journal</span>, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 87-104.<br><div>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote><br><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com