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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] Neat; then it shall be, [i][b]Afro-North Rift Valley[/b][/i] super language phylum as an entry for viable candidacy. The "Semitic" term issue aside, the "Asiatic" in "Afro-Asiatic" has the effect of over-emphasizing Asia's role in the language complex, given that Asia is apparently a gigantic landmass, with the Afrisan derivatives being limited to just the Great Rift region. Thus originating in Africa, this language phylum spreads its wings to only as far as part of the Great Rift Valley on the other side of the Red Sea. Though generally counted as part of Asia in "Western" discourse, the Great Rift areas across the Red sea really more closely lean towards Africa geologically, culturally and even politically. The case can also be made that populations in this area are generally more genetically closer to Africans than those further away. The "Rift Valley" or "Great Rift Valley" moniker addresses not only the geographical issue, but also the "Semitic" nick end of it. Between say, [i]"Afro-North Rift Valley"[/i] (Afro-Northern Rift Valley) and [i]"Saharo-North Rift Valley"[/i] (Saharo-Northern Rift Valley) which is a better candidate? ^Why any consideration for the 'Sahara' at all? I mean technically, Afrisan languages are spoken both on the Sahara and in areas below the Sahara, in east and west Africa. But its spread westward on the continent, would have likely come about via the former wet-Saharan belt corridor. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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