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Nostratic languages — Nostratic (controversial) Geographic distribution: Europe, Asia except for the southeast, North and Northeast Africa, the Arctic Linguistic classification: Borean (?) … Wikipedia
Nostratic — [nä strat′ik] adj. designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families n. this superfamily of languages * * * Nos·trat·ic (nə strătʹĭk) n. A hypothetical language… … Universalium
Nostratic — [nä strat′ik] adj. designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families n. this superfamily of languages … English World dictionary
Nostratic hypothesis — Proposal of an overarching northern Eurasian language family, still of uncertain validity. Holger Pedersen was the first to suggest that the Indo European, Uralic, Altaic, Afroasiatic, and other language families might belong in one broad… … Universalium
Nostratic — noun A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi Kamchatkan, Eskimo Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afro Asiatic languages, and less commonly including the … Wiktionary
Nostratic — Nos•trat•ic [[t]nɒˈstræt ɪk[/t]] n. peo a proposed family of languages comprising the Indo European, Afroasiatic, Uralic, and Dravidian families, as well as the Altaic languages and the family of indigenous Caucasian languages that includes… … From formal English to slang
nostratic — nȯˈstrad.ik, nä , nə , atik noun ( s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: modification of Danish nostratisk, from Latin nostrat , nostras native, of our people (from noster our) + Danish isk ish more at nostrum : a hypothesized family of languages… … Useful english dictionary
Nostratic — [nɒ stratɪk] adjective relating to or denoting a hypothetical phylum of languages including the Indo European, Semitic, Altaic, and Dravidian families. Origin 1960s: from Ger. nostratisch, based on L. nostras, nostrat of our country … English new terms dictionary
Dené-Caucasian languages — Infobox Language family name=Dené Caucasian altname=controversial region=scattered in Eurasia; northern North America child1=Caucasian (controversial) child2=Yeniseian child3=Sino Tibetan child4=Na Dené (incl. Haida – controversial)… … Wikipedia
Dené–Caucasian languages — Dené–Caucasian (controversial) Geographic distribution: scattered in Eurasia; northern North America Linguistic classification: Dené Caucasian Proto language: Proto Dené–Caucasian … Wikipedia