My grouping of Chuk-Kam and Esk-Aleut is a
tentative suggestion. Part of the problem is that there isn't really a
reconstruction of either family, so the best we can do is a comparison of the
extant languages. (Starostin has a small number of reconstructed roots
from Chukchi and Itelmen; can't vouch for its accuracy.)
Sibero-American, Sibero-Arctic,
Sibero-Canadamerican, Beringo-Arctic....
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Sent: Saturday, 22 September, 2001
23:45
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Proposal of a
name for a possible family
UralicYukaghir is already being used in the
EncBrit and it seems
like a reasonable name enough. As for the smaller
grouping of
ChukKam and EskAleut, I like to remain cautious. What are
your
reasons for such a grouping? I do agree however that UY, EA and
CK
are all part of a Boreal grouping because they appear to share
some
peculiar features not seen in other Steppe languages (like
the loss of
voiced stops, for instance).