Eurasiatic macrofamily
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The Eurasiatic macrofamily is a proposed large-scale grouping of language families across Europe and northern Asia that some linguists hypothesize share a distant common ancestor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eurasiatic macrofamily canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18153521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eurasiatic macrofamily Context triple: [Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, possibleRelation, Eurasiatic macrofamily]
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A.
Transeurasian languages
Transeurasian languages are a proposed macro-family of languages stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to East Asia, hypothesized to include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic.
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B.
Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic)
Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic) is a proposed subgroup of the Transeurasian language family that unites the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages based on shared structural and lexical features.
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C.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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D.
Gulf (proposed macro-family)
Gulf (proposed macro-family) is a hypothesized grouping of several Native American languages of the southeastern United States, suggested by some linguists to share a common ancestral origin.
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E.
Transeurasian hypothesis
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eurasiatic macrofamily Target entity description: The Eurasiatic macrofamily is a proposed large-scale grouping of language families across Europe and northern Asia that some linguists hypothesize share a distant common ancestor.
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A.
Transeurasian languages
Transeurasian languages are a proposed macro-family of languages stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to East Asia, hypothesized to include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic.
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B.
Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic)
Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic) is a proposed subgroup of the Transeurasian language family that unites the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages based on shared structural and lexical features.
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C.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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D.
Gulf (proposed macro-family)
Gulf (proposed macro-family) is a hypothesized grouping of several Native American languages of the southeastern United States, suggested by some linguists to share a common ancestral origin.
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E.
Transeurasian hypothesis
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.