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My favorite (even more insane) extrapolation of this is the Dene-Caucasian language family, which proposes a common origin for Basque, Caucasian languages, Yeni
by bbctol 10y ago
My favorite (even more insane) extrapolation of this is the Dene-Caucasian language family, which proposes a common origin for Basque, Caucasian languages, Yeniseian languages, Chinese, Sumerian, and Navajo!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%A9%E2%80%93Caucasian_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%A9%E2%80%93Caucasian_la...
- Scriptor 10y agoDene-Yeniseian is a bit smaller but much more widely accepted proposed family. Pretty neat to see evidence of a link going back to the ice age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%A9%E2%80%93Yeniseian_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%A9%E2%80%93Yeniseian_la...