Linguistics, Uto-Aztecan language family, and the Nephites

From the June 5th, 2020 Interpreter, “Answering the Critics in 44 Rebuttals.”  By Brian Stubbs.

From the introduction:

“Has Stubbs proved the Book of Mormon true? No, but his data suggest that speakers of both Egyptian and a Semitic language came into contact with Uto-Aztecan speakers at roughly the same time as Book of Mormon events purportedly occurred and that a distinct Semitic infusion occurred at a different point.”

Tezcacoatl Amazolli on Twitter: "UTO-AZTECAN 1. The Uto-Aztecan ...

“The Next Big Thing in LDS Apologetics: Strong Semitic and Egyptian Elements in Uto-Aztecan Languages” by Jeff Lindsay has been published on The Interpreter Foundation

http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-next-big-thing-in-lds-apologetics-strong-semitic-and-egyptian-elements-in-uto-aztecan-languages/

Linguist Brian Stubbs discusses some of his findings of both Hebrew and Egyptian — the two languages mentioned in The Book of Mormon — in the languages of the Native Indians in his 2006 FAIR Conference address.

Brian Stubbs in 4/2016:

Brian Stubbs at the 2016 FAIR conference: