Re: Paleoasiatic (was: Favourite Language Group?)

 --- Pavel Iosad wrote:

> Paleoasiatic (or PaleoSiberian) languages are a conventional entity of
> several genetically unrelated languages and small language groups,
> united on geographical principles. The term belongs to L. I. Shrenk, who
> in mid-19th century offered the hypothesis that the Paleoasatic peoples,
> as a result of the expansion of the Altaic peoples (Turks, Mongols,
> Tungus-Manchu peoples), were partly assimilated by the newcomers and
> partly confined to the northern and northeastern fringes of Asia and
> into North America. [...] the following languages are usually classified
> as Paleoasiatic: Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Yenissean, as well as
> the genetically isolated Yukaghir and Nivkh [...]
I believe Ket also belongs to the family.

Jan

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