The Yukaghir language as a member of the Nostratic family of languages Cover Image

Das Jukagirische im Kreise der nostratischen Sprachen
The Yukaghir language as a member of the Nostratic family of languages

Author(s): Michael Knüppel
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Yukaghir languages; Nostratic linguistics; Uralo-Yukaghir question; treatment of Yukaghir by Nostraticists; history of linguistics

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the treatment of Yukaghir languages (Tundra-Y., Kolyma-Y., Chuvan, Omok) by several prominent Nostraticists (H. Pedersen, V. M. Illič-Svityč, J. H. Greenberg, A. R. Bomhard, K. H. Menges, V. Blažek, A. B. Dolgopol’skij). The author gives an overview on their attempts of different quality to relate the Yukaghir languages with the Nostratic family and sketches some omnicomparativists’ hypothesises on macro-families such as “Uralo-Yukaghir” or “Eurasiatic”.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 130
  • Page Range: 187-190
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German