Mindaugas Peleckis
2019 m. Lapkričio 23 d., 11:25
Skaityta: 1031 k.
This interview (2019 11 10-23) was one of those for which, it seems, I waited for all my conscious life. Some twenty five years ago I read about hypothesis of Nostratic macrofamily of languages (further - Nostratic hypothesis) for the first time. I remember this happened in one of great Vilnius' libraries where I spent a lot of time studying languages, reading various available dictionaries and grammars. There were plenty of them, in spite that the internet was only soon to come, and most of the grammars available, were written by Soviet/Russian scholars in Russian. Then, I had a dream to meet someone who is alive and knows about Nostratic hypothesis more than books. The dream had come true. Talking to Professor Allan R. Bomhard, who is investigating Nostratic hypothesis for about 50 years, is a tough thing: you have to know a lot to ask, it seems, simple things. God sees, I tried. Neither I am a harsh proponent of Nostratic hypothesis, nor I am a skeptic. But, after reading several books by A. R. Bomhard and his colleagues, I would rather say: this should no longer be called "pseudoscience" or "controversial".