X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Yeniseian languages


Asan people

The Asan or Assan were a Yeniseian speaking people in Siberia.

Edward Vajda

He has become known for his work on the proposed Dené–Yeniseian language family, seeking to establish that the Ket language of Siberia has a common linguistic ancestor with the Na-Dené languages of North America.

Paleosiberian languages

Ket, or more precisely Yeniseian as a whole, has been linked in a proposal to the Na-Dené languages of North America.

It is known to be the last remnant of a small language subfamily, the Yeniseian languages, formerly spoken on the middle Yenisei and its tributaries.


Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska

Several key papers in Alaskan anthropology have appeared in the journal, including Edward Vajda's 2010 paper on the Dene–Yeniseian hypothesis.

Borean languages

Dené–Caucasian (speculative, Nikolayev 1991; expanded by Bengtson 1997), c.f. Dené–Yeniseian (Edward Vajda 2008)

Na-Dene languages

In February 2008 a proposal connecting Na-Dene (excluding Haida) to the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia into a Dené–Yeniseian family was published and well received by a number of linguists.


see also

Karasuk

Karasuk languages, a hypothetical language family linking the Yeniseian languages and Burushaski