Uralo-Siberian languages
Proposed language family including Uralic, Yukaghir, Eskimo–Aleut and possibly Nivkh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uralo-Siberian is a hypothetical language family consisting of Uralic, Yukaghir, and Eskaleut. It was proposed in 1998 by Michael Fortescue,[1] an expert in Eskaleut and Chukotko-Kamchatkan, in his book Language Relations across Bering Strait. Some have attempted to include Nivkh in Uralo-Siberian. Until 2011, it also included Chukotko-Kamchatkan. However, after 2011 Fortescue only included Uralic, Yukaghir and Eskaleut in the theory, although he argued that Uralo-Siberian languages have influenced Chukotko-Kamchatkan.[2]
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Geographic distribution | Northern Eurasia, the Arctic |
Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
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Glottolog | None |
Connections with the Uralic and other language families are generally seen as speculative,[3] including Fortescue's Uralo-Siberian hypothesis. Fortescue's observations have been evaluated by specialists as "inspiring" and "compelling" but are viewed as scattered evidence and still remain highly speculative and unproven and the soundness of the reconstructed common ancestors are challenging to evaluate.[4][5]