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If you think that's cool, then reading about Paleo-Siberian languages would be down your alley. Lots of language isolates and interesting paleohistory. Yenesia
by alephnerd 2y ago
If you think that's cool, then reading about Paleo-Siberian languages would be down your alley.
Lots of language isolates and interesting paleohistory. Yenesian will never stop wrinkling my brain.
- ane 2y agoYour sentence makes it sound like Yeniseian languages are language isolates, but what is absolutely astounding is that Yeniseian languages seem to form a family with the Na-Dene languages of North America. Two language families separated by the Bering strait over 15000 years ago!
- alephnerd 2y agoYep! And it's absolutely amazing! The distant brethren of Navajo basically destroyed the Han Empire 2000 years ago.