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/yen'euh say"euhn/, n.a group of languages spoken in Siberia, the only surviving member of which is Ket.[YENISEI + -AN, trans. of Russ yeniséiskii]
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Yeniseian
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Yeniseian — 1. noun a) A language family spoken in central Siberia. b) Proto Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family. 2. adjective … Wiktionary
Yeniseian — noun 1. a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia • Hypernyms: ↑Russian • Member Holonyms: ↑Siberia 2. the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian • Syn: ↑Enets, ↑Entsi, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Yeniseian languages — Infobox Language family name = Yeniseian region = central Yenisei River, Siberia familycolor = Na Dené fam1 = Dené Yeniseian (proposed) child1 = Northern (Ket Yugh) child2 = Southern (Arin Kott) iso2 = The Yeniseian language family (sometimes… … Wikipedia
Yeniseian languages — also spelled Yeniseyan, formerly called Yenisey ostyak Languages, small group of languages grouped with Yukaghir, Nivkh, and the Luorawetlan languages as Paleo Siberian languages. The Yeniseian group contains at least four languages… … Universalium
yeniseian — yen·i·sei·an … English syllables
Dené–Yeniseian languages — Dené–Yeniseian Geographic distribution: northwest North America and central Siberia Linguistic classification: Proposed language family. Subdivisions: Na Dené Yeniseian … Wikipedia
Dené-Yeniseian languages — Infobox Language family name = Dené Yeniseian region = northwest North America and central Siberia familycolor = Na Dené family = One of the world s major language families. child1 = Na Dené *Athabaskan Eyak **Athabaskan **Eyak *Tlingit child2 =… … Wikipedia
Proto-Yeniseian — 1. noun a) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia. b) A person who spoke the Proto Yeniseian language. 2. adjective Of or pertaining to the Proto Yeniseian language, or the p … Wiktionary
Dene-Yeniseian — noun A proposed language family linking the Na Dene languages of North America and the Yeniseian languages of Siberia … Wiktionary
Dené–Caucasian languages — Dené–Caucasian (controversial) Geographic distribution: scattered in Eurasia; northern North America Linguistic classification: Dené Caucasian Proto language: Proto Dené–Caucasian … Wikipedia
