Talk:The Languages of Africa

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The change of "Hottentot" to "Khoisan" was understandable, but anachronistic, and inaccurate insofar as "Khoisan" includes the so-called Bushman languages as well. - Mustafaa

[edit] Broke own rules

Greenberg broke his own rules. At one point, he accused his enemies of racialism. This is a non-linguistic argument. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.51.240 (talk) 13:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC) At one point in 1963, Greenberg admitted that the chance that his methods will give wrong results is rather high. He freely jumps from words to languages and does not say how he arrived at a numerical estimate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.10.30.223 (talk) 16:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)