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Origins of Japanese and Turkish language family traced back 9000 years

• hashmush 5y ago
  The Wikipedia article for this proposed language family is quite interesting. The linked article makes no mention of the Transeurasian family not being widely accepted. I wonder if these new findings help the proponents' case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaic_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaic_languages
  • cuddlybacon 5y ago
    NativLang did a video on the Altaic theory. I think 'defunct' is more appropriate than 'not widely accepted'. The accepted explanation for the shared features is a language area. Languages can take features from other nearby languages without needing them to share a common ancestor. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0zkHH6ZOEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0zkHH6ZOEk
    • hashmush 5y ago
      Defunct indeed. That was just me being defensive, and the video makes it very clear just how defunct/debunked the theory is. Thanks!