01-04-2024, 05:56 PM
I am currently reading 'Mid-holocene language connections between Asia and north America'. 2 hypotheses are proposed:
1- Eskimo-Yukaghir-Uralic
2- Dene-Yeniseian
In my opinion, Dene-Yeniseian is much more convincing and substantiated than Eskimo-Yukaghir-Uralic. Hypothese number 2 is fruitful. For example, understanding the evolution of syllable nuclei from a common Dene-Yeniseian ancestral language explains how Na-Dene glottalised obstruents first arose.
1- Eskimo-Yukaghir-Uralic
2- Dene-Yeniseian
In my opinion, Dene-Yeniseian is much more convincing and substantiated than Eskimo-Yukaghir-Uralic. Hypothese number 2 is fruitful. For example, understanding the evolution of syllable nuclei from a common Dene-Yeniseian ancestral language explains how Na-Dene glottalised obstruents first arose.