Dené–Caucasian languages (proposed)

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Sino-Caucasian languages
gptkbp:basisOfProposal lexical similarities
morphological evidence
typological features
phonological evidence
gptkbp:category macro-family (proposed)
gptkbp:criticizedFor insufficient evidence
lack of regular sound correspondences
gptkbp:field historical linguistics
gptkbp:glottologCode none
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dené–Caucasian languages (proposed)
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Na-Dené_languages
gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages
gptkb:Vasconic_languages
gptkb:Yeniseian_languages
gptkb:Burushaski
gptkb:North_Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 none
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Johanna_Nichols
gptkb:Lyle_Campbell
gptkb:Alexander_Vovin
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Merritt_Ruhlen
gptkb:Sergei_Starostin
gptkb:Vitaly_Shevoroshkin
John D. Bengtson
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Sergei_Starostin
John D. Bengtson
gptkbp:publishedIn A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary
The Dene–Caucasian Hypothesis: State of the Art
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eurasia
gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:status controversial
not widely accepted
gptkbp:yearProposed 1980s
gptkbp:相关理论 gptkb:Dene–Yeniseian_hypothesis
Sino-Dene hypothesis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6