Transeurasian hypothesis

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language macrofamily proposal linguistic hypothesis

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Altaic hypothesis 2
Eurasiatic hypothesis 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language macrofamily proposal ⓘ
linguistic hypothesis ⓘ
alternativeName Altaic hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
associatedWith Nostratic hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn comparative method ⓘ
lexical comparison ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ
phonological correspondences ⓘ
continent Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor inadequate control of borrowings ⓘ
insufficient regular sound correspondences ⓘ
methodological weaknesses ⓘ
reliance on chance resemblances ⓘ
field comparative linguistics ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Tungusic ⓘ
Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy many historical linguists ⓘ
proposesGeneticRelationshipAmong Japonic languages ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Martine Robbeets NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oleg Mudrak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Andrew Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergei Starostin NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeDepthClaimed early Holocene ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic) → hasSuperClass → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
subject surface form: Core Altaic
Martine Robbeets → knownFor → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
Nostratic hypothesis → relatedConcept → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eurasiatic hypothesis
Martine Robbeets → researchInterest → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis
The Japanese Language → subject → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis