Laura Spinney @laurainparis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm sure, given their differing assumptions. I was thinking of Nicholas Evans in his Words of Wonder, for example, and (from memory) Mark Pagel. 110
Laura Spinney @laurainparis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I seem to remember Evans suggesting that hunter-gatherers "married" out, thus bringing new languages into the group and raising bilinguals. You assumed monolingual HG groups, but then yours are really quite big, right? 100
Claire @chirila.bsky.social · 25/07/2026we don't assume monolingual groups, just that the number of languages and the number of ethnolinguistic groups are equal. People can use multiple languages (come to think of it, ethno-lx groups are required for Evans, since you have to have something to be endo-/exo- to) 110
