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Chukotko-Kamchatkan–Amuric languages
Hypothetical language family including Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Chukotko-Kamchatko-Amuric or Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric languages form a hypothetical language family including Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan. A relationship between these two language groups was proposed by Michael Fortescue in a 2011 paper.[note 1] He theorized that their common ancestor might have been spoken around 4000 years ago.[1] However Glottolog says that the evidence is insufficient to conclude a genealogical relationship between Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan.[2]
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Evidence
Phonological
Proposed sound correspondences[1]
Some cognates which include a sound change of Nivkh /ə/ and CK /æ/ are: t’əkə ‘edge of sleeping platform’ and CK tæγən 'near the edge of'' and Nivkh ərŋ 'mouth of a river' and CK ær 'flow out'.
Lexical
Proposed Nivkh-Chukotko-Kamchatkan cognates[3]
Morphological
Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Nivkh have dual/plural distinction, however it has been lost in Chukchi.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan also has a "singulative" ending, and traces of a singulative ending in Nivkh might be seen.
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See also
Notes
- Fortescue's text consistently gives the family name in its shorter version. The longer version appears once, in the abstract.
References
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