Transeurasian hypothesis
E1012033
The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altaic hypothesis | 2 |
| Transeurasian hypothesis canonical | 2 |
| Eurasiatic hypothesis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12934271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transeurasian hypothesis Context triple: [Martine Robbeets, knownFor, Transeurasian hypothesis]
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A.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Nostratic hypothesis
The Nostratic hypothesis is a controversial linguistic theory proposing that several major language families of Eurasia and sometimes beyond share a common ancestral proto-language.
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C.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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D.
Moseten–Chon hypothesis
The Moseten–Chon hypothesis is a proposed linguistic relationship suggesting that the Mosetenan and Chonan language families of South America may share a common ancestry.
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E.
Macro-Jê hypothesis (disputed)
The Macro-Jê hypothesis (disputed) is a proposed but controversial language macro-family that seeks to group the Jê languages of Brazil with several other South American language families into a larger genetic unit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transeurasian hypothesis Target entity description: The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.
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A.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Nostratic hypothesis
The Nostratic hypothesis is a controversial linguistic theory proposing that several major language families of Eurasia and sometimes beyond share a common ancestral proto-language.
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C.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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D.
Moseten–Chon hypothesis
The Moseten–Chon hypothesis is a proposed linguistic relationship suggesting that the Mosetenan and Chonan language families of South America may share a common ancestry.
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E.
Macro-Jê hypothesis (disputed)
The Macro-Jê hypothesis (disputed) is a proposed but controversial language macro-family that seeks to group the Jê languages of Brazil with several other South American language families into a larger genetic unit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language macrofamily proposal
ⓘ
linguistic hypothesis ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Altaic hypothesis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nostratic hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
comparative method
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lexical comparison ⓘ morphological comparison ⓘ phonological correspondences ⓘ |
| continent | Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inadequate control of borrowings
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insufficient regular sound correspondences ⓘ methodological weaknesses ⓘ reliance on chance resemblances ⓘ |
| field |
comparative linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Northern Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubproposal |
Macro-Altaic hypothesis
ⓘ
Micro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ |
| includesLanguageFamily |
Japonic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koreanic ⓘ Mongolic ⓘ Tungusic ⓘ Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 19th-century Altaic studies ⓘ |
| macroAltaicIncludes |
Japonic
ⓘ
Koreanic ⓘ Mongolic NERFINISHED ⓘ Tungusic NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| microAltaicIncludes |
Mongolic
NERFINISHED
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Tungusic ⓘ Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | many historical linguists ⓘ |
| proposesGeneticRelationshipAmong |
Japonic languages
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Koreanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolic languages ⓘ Tungusic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Altaic languages ⓘ |
| sometimesExcludes |
Japonic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koreanic ⓘ |
| status |
controversial
ⓘ
minority view ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Anna Dybo
NERFINISHED
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Martine Robbeets NERFINISHED ⓘ Oleg Mudrak NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Andrew Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Starostin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepthClaimed | early Holocene ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Transeurasian hypothesis Description of subject: The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Altaic hypothesis
subject surface form:
Core Altaic
this entity surface form:
Altaic hypothesis
this entity surface form:
Eurasiatic hypothesis