Transeurasian hypothesis

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The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Altaic hypothesis 5
Transeurasian hypothesis canonical 3
Altaic language hypothesis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language macrofamily proposal
linguistic hypothesis
alternativeName Altaic hypothesis
Macro-Altaic hypothesis
associatedWith Nostratic hypothesis
basedOn comparative method
lexical comparison
morphological comparison
phonological correspondences
continent Eurasia
criticizedFor inadequate control of borrowings
insufficient regular sound correspondences
methodological weaknesses
reliance on chance resemblances
field comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
geographicFocus Northern Eurasia
linked to: North Asia
hasSubproposal Macro-Altaic hypothesis
Micro-Altaic hypothesis
includesLanguageFamily Japonic
linked to: Japonic languages

Koreanic
Mongolic
Tungusic
Turkic
linked to: Turkic languages
influencedBy 19th-century Altaic studies
macroAltaicIncludes Japonic
Koreanic
Mongolic
linked to: Mongolic languages

Tungusic
linked to: Tungusic languages

Turkic
linked to: Turkic languages
microAltaicIncludes Mongolic
linked to: Mongolic languages

Tungusic
Turkic
linked to: Turkic languages
opposedBy many historical linguists
proposesGeneticRelationshipAmong Japonic languages
Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean

Mongolic languages
Tungusic languages
Turkic languages
relatedConcept Altaic languages
sometimesExcludes Japonic
linked to: Japonic languages

Koreanic
status controversial
minority view
supportedBy Anna Dybo
Martine Robbeets
Oleg Mudrak NERFINISHED
Roy Andrew Miller
Sergei Starostin NERFINISHED
timeDepthClaimed early Holocene

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Martine Robbeets knownFor Transeurasian hypothesis
Martine Robbeets researchInterest Altaic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Core Altaic hasSuperClass Transeurasian hypothesis
The Japanese Language subject Altaic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Nostratic hypothesis relatedConcept Eurasiatic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Ural–Altaic hypothesis relatedConcept Altaic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Ural–Altaic hypothesis relatedConcept Transeurasian hypothesis
Chulym language partOf Altaic language hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Mongolian possibleLanguageMacrofamily Altaic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Transeurasian hypothesis alternativeName Altaic hypothesis
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis