Re: A China-Sumer connection

a.manansala_at_attbi.com
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: 6 Mar 2005 05:45:58 -0800

Comm wrote:
> <a.manansala@attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:1110084586.540023.191740@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > phippsmartin@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Comm wrote:
>
  I remember the Italians too. The kids spoke
> English - nothing else - pathetic Italian if they could even do that.
 But
> many of the parents, like my husband's Grandfather (his dad was born
here,
> English only speaker) spoke 3 languages. French, Italian and
Yiddish.

I think it has a lot to do with the American environment.

Both my parents are fluent in three languages. They also studied
another while in high school. I am fluent in only one but can
understand to varying degrees the other two. I can write with some
difficulty in one of them.

> >
> > The Nusantao modulated between semi-permanent and permanent
settlements
> > and eventually became sedentary building elaborate tombs.
>
> Tatars never really became sedentary - at least my relatives never
did, not
> even under Stalin.

I overstated. There are Nusantao who are still nomadic like the Badjau
and Samal. They live in their boats and move from place to place with
the seasons. They do practice some agriculture but mostly live off the
sea or buy agricultural products.

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
http://sambali.blogspot.com/

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