Questioning of the elite dominance theory

[Stanley Friesen]

At 05:05 PM 11/13/00 +1100, Tristan Jones wrote:
>small. Maybe that inclusive elite thing might explain the success of spread
>of Arabic over vast areas of Middle East and Africa, Mandarin and Cantonese
>over huge areas of China, I think before the spread of Chinese Empire,
>Austronesian Languages would have been spoken over large areas of Southern
>China's Rice Growing Zones.

I think this is fairly well established.  Certainly there are still relict
Austronesian languages in Southern China even today.

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