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Paleo-Siberian languages — ▪ linguistics Introduction Paleo Siberian also spelled Paleosiberian , also called Paleo Asiatic languages or Hyperborean languages languages spoken in Asian Russia (Siberia) that belong to four genetically unrelated groups Yeniseian… … Universalium
Yeniseian languages — also spelled Yeniseyan, formerly called Yenisey ostyak Languages, small group of languages grouped with Yukaghir, Nivkh, and the Luorawetlan languages as Paleo Siberian languages. The Yeniseian group contains at least four languages… … Universalium
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages — Chukotko Kamchatkan Chukchi–Kamchatkan, Luorawetlan Geographic distribution: Russian Far East Linguistic classification: Chukotko Kamchatkan Proto language: Proto Chukotko Kamchatkan … Wikipedia
Paleo -Siberian languages — or Paleo Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas of Siberia and perhaps Manchuria in the past, they have lost ground to Uralic and Altaic languages and… … Universalium
Chukotkan languages — Chukotkan Ləɣˀoravetlˀan Geographic distribution: Russian Far East Linguistic classification: Chukotko Kamchatkan Chukotkan Subdivisio … Wikipedia
arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… … Universalium
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Nostratic hypothesis — Proposal of an overarching northern Eurasian language family, still of uncertain validity. Holger Pedersen was the first to suggest that the Indo European, Uralic, Altaic, Afroasiatic, and other language families might belong in one broad… … Universalium
Nivkh language — formerly called Gilyak Language, isolated language with two main dialects spoken by some 400 Nivkh, roughly 10 percent of the ethnic group. The Nivkh live on Sakhalin Island and along the estuary of the Amur River in eastern Siberia.… … Universalium
paleosiberian — I. |pālēō, |palēō+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: pali + siberian : paleo asiatic II. noun Usage: usually capitalized : a group of language families consisting of Luorawetlan, Yukaghir … Useful english dictionary
