Linguistic Succession in Historic Comparison:

Colin Hunter cbh at transmeta.com
Fri Jun 1 05:10:28 UTC 2001


> For example, the dispersal of the Nguni language in early 19th
> century Africa saw speakers of Nguni moving out from a small nuclear
> area in what's now Kwa-Zulu/Natal as far north as Lake Victoria --
> 6000 miles, the equivalent of travelling from the Rhine to China.

On my map, the distance from Natal to Lake Victoria is more like 1600
miles than 6000 miles.



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