Talk:Proto-Afro-Asiatic

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Thoughts for improvement of this article:

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiatic is not solid ground, so the entire article should reflect this.
  2. The article should engage thoughtfully with the Afro-Asiatic languages.
  3. The article currently mentions Nostratic in almost every paragraph. The relationship with such a widely-rejected hypothesis should not be so pervasive. Discussion of Nostratic should be limited to one lower section of the article.
  4. The article needs sections, sources and references, and to be formatted correctly.

This is a new article, but it does need a lot of attention to get to an acceptable standard. I post this here to give some thoughts to other editors as well. --Gareth Hughes 17:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

As far as I know, the Afro-Asiatic family is widely accepted among linguists. Nostratic, on the other hand, is still very controversial, as you said. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.246.140.247 (talk) 06:29, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Gareth

I have substancially edited parts of the Proto-Afro-Asiatic page to take into account your difficulties (above). Unfortunately as a new user I have difficulty understaning how to use the sources and referencing format used by Wikipedia and would appreciate any help you can give.

Warm regards

John Croft

[edit] Alternative Theories?

As far as I know, there's no doubt about the Homeland of Proto-Afro-Asiatic with regards to whether it is in the Middle East or Africa (it is most certainly the latter). The article needs to reflect this and focus more on the characteristics of Proto-Afro-Asiatic as a language and perhaps more specifically where in Africa (probably NE, maybe in the Sahara as well) it originated, with alternative theories (like all the Nostraic & Middle Eastern stuff) relegated to a few paragraphs at the end of the article.

Yom 18:42, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why no linguistics?

The majority of this article is about the Proto-Afro-Asiatic homeland. It is not about the form of the language as reconstructed. Shouldn't the latter be the primary topic? 82.33.152.5 20:19, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree there is no linguistics on the whole page. This article needs to be rewritten. Azalea pomp 18:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)