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Reply to comment by gh333 in What, if at all, is the link between linguistic morphology and the topography of where a given language originated? by Djinn_and_juice
Most peoples connected to sea aren't isolated at all, it's much easier to travel over sea than over land. I don't know the precise statistics, I think it's other way round -- morphologically complex and isolated languages tend to be found in mountain areas. I think J. Nichols is the strongest proponent, she has given examples from Caucasus...
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