Transeurasian languages

E63631
proposed language macro-family

Transeurasian languages are a proposed macro-family of languages stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to East Asia, hypothesized to include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Altaic 1
Trans-Eurasian languages 1
Transeurasian hypothesis 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proposed language macro-family ⓘ
alternativeName Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
surface form: Altaic hypothesis

Macro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
Transeurasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Eurasian languages

Transeurasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Transeurasian hypothesis
basisOfGrouping shared agglutinative morphology ⓘ
shared basic vocabulary items ⓘ
similar verb morphology ⓘ
vowel harmony patterns ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
criticizedFor heavy reliance on typological similarities ⓘ
insufficiently rigorous reconstruction ⓘ
possible areal convergence instead of common ancestry ⓘ
geographicDistribution Central Asia ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Buryats ⓘ
surface form: Buryat

Evenks ⓘ
surface form: Evenki

Japanese ⓘ
Kazakh language ⓘ
surface form: Kazakh

Korean ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian

Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Turkish

Uzbek ⓘ
hasSubgroup Core Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic) ⓘ
Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
surface form: Macro-Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, Japonic)
includes Japonic languages ⓘ
Koreanic languages ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
Tungusic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
proposedBy Gustaf John Ramstedt ⓘ
Martine Robbeets ⓘ
Nicholas Poppe ⓘ
Roy Andrew Miller ⓘ
relatedConcept Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
surface form: Sprachbund

areal diffusion ⓘ
macro-family hypothesis ⓘ
relatedField Eurasian historical linguistics ⓘ
statusInLinguistics not generally accepted as proven genetic family ⓘ
widely disputed ⓘ
subjectOf comparative-historical linguistic research ⓘ
subjectOfDebate language contact vs. genetic relationship ⓘ
timePeriodOfProposal 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfRenewedDebate early 21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Transeurasian languages → alternativeName → Transeurasian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transeurasian hypothesis
Transeurasian languages → alternativeName → Transeurasian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Eurasian languages
Kipchak languages → familyColor → Transeurasian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic
Altaic languages (proposed) → relatedConcept → Transeurasian languages ⓘ