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Dene-Caucasian

Eurasian Language Families

Dene-Caucasian is a discredited language family proposal that includes widely separated language groups spoken in the Northern Hemisphere: Sino-Tibetan languages, Yeniseian languages and Burushaski in Asia; Na-Dene languages in North America; as well as Vasconic languages and North Caucasian languages from Europe.

Facts
Debunked
Proto-Language Status
Discredited 1
Region
Eurasia and North America 1
Sources
1. Dene-Caucasian languages, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Geographic distribution field
    scattered in Eurasia and North America
  • First sentence of main article text
    Dene-Caucasian is a discredited language family proposal
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