Dené–Caucasian languages
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Dené–Caucasian is a discredited language family proposal that includes widely-separated language groups spoken in the Northern Hemisphere: Sino-Tibetan languages, Yeniseian languages, Burushaski and North Caucasian languages in Asia; Na-Dené languages in North America; and the Vasconic languages from Europe (including Basque).
This article may present fringe theories, without giving appropriate weight to the mainstream view and explaining the responses to the fringe theories. (June 2023) |
Dené–Caucasian | |
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(widely rejected) | |
Geographic distribution | scattered in Eurasia and North America |
Linguistic classification | Hypothetical language family |
Proto-language | Proto-Dené–Caucasian |
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Glottolog | None |
A narrower connection specifically between North American Na-Dené and Siberian Yeniseian (the Dené–Yeniseian languages hypothesis) was proposed by Edward Vajda in 2008, and has met with some acceptance within the community of professional linguists. The validity of the rest of the family, however, is viewed as doubtful or rejected by nearly all historical linguists.[1][2][3][4][5]