Re: Proposal of a name for a possible family

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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From: Glen Gordon

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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).