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'''Paleo-Pontic''' is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric [[language family]] coined by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum.
'''Paleo-Pontic''' is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric [[language family]] coined by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum.
The Paleo-Pontic languages are unknown, but the [[Wikipedia:Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]] and [[Wikipedia:Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]] languages may be remnants of this family that would later have been eclipsed by [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] and [[Uralic]].


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Paleo-European languages]]
* [[Paleo-European languages]]


[[Category:Paleo-European languages]]
[[Category:Historical linguistics]]
[[Category:Historical linguistics]]
[[Category:LLL]]

Latest revision as of 11:21, 27 January 2018

Paleo-Pontic is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric language family coined by Jörg Rhiemeier, which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum.

The Paleo-Pontic languages are unknown, but the Northwest Caucasian and Northeast Caucasian languages may be remnants of this family that would later have been eclipsed by Indo-European and Uralic.

See also