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Proto-Yeniseian
Proto-Yeniseian
English
Proper noun
Proto-Yeniseian
- (linguistics, uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia.
Translations
ancestor language of Yeniseian languages
Noun
Proto-Yeniseian (countable and uncountable, plural Proto-Yeniseians)
- (anthropology, countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseian language.
Translations
person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseain language
Adjective
Proto-Yeniseian (not comparable)
- (linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it.
Translations
pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it
Related terms
- Yeniseian
- Yeniseic
- Yenisei-Ostyak
See also
Proto-Yeniseian is the hypothetical ancestor language of the following languages: