Yeniseian languages

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—Ket, Kott, Arin (Arrin), and Assan—but only Ket is a living language. See also Paleo-Siberian languages.

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