Eurasiatic languages

The Eurasiatic languages are a hypotetical language group from which allegedly descend several language families of Europe and Asia, including Indo-European languages, Uralic and Altaic. It was developed by Joseph Greenberg. The theory was rejected by many linguists, mainly due to the controversial method used, mass lexical comparison.

Related Topics:
Indo-European languages - Uralic - Altaic - Joseph Greenberg - Mass lexical comparison

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Greenberg's list of Eurasistic languages includes:

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• Indo-European
• Etruscan
• Uralic
• Yukaghir
• Altaic
• Korean
• Japanese
• Ainu
• Gilyak
• Chukotko-Kamchatkan
• Eskimo-Aleut
 
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