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'''Mitian''' is a hypothetic language family proposed by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], consisting of [[Europic]], [[Uralo-Siberian languages|Uralo-Siberian]], Altaic and Kartvelian. | '''Mitian''' is a hypothetic language family proposed by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], consisting of [[Europic]], [[Uralo-Siberian languages|Uralo-Siberian]], Altaic and perhaps Kartvelian, though the latter case is doubtful. | ||
Possible further members are Sumerian and Etruscan-Lemnian, but these languages are only poorly known and much is still controversial about them. Mitian is thus a subfamily of [[Nostratic]]. | Possible further members are Sumerian and Etruscan-Lemnian, but these languages are only poorly known and much is still controversial about them. Mitian is thus a subfamily of [[Nostratic]]. | ||
The name is derived from the characteristic shapes of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns which are '''mi''' and '''ti''' or similar. | The name is derived from the characteristic shapes of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns which are '''mi''' and '''ti''' or similar. | ||
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Within Mitian, Europic, Uralo-Siberian and Altaic seem to form a closer group, for which many long-range comparatists use the term [[Eurasiatic]], while Kartvelian, if it belongs here at all, appears to form an early divergent branch. | Within Mitian, Europic, Uralo-Siberian and Altaic seem to form a closer group, for which many long-range comparatists use the term [[Eurasiatic]], while Kartvelian, if it belongs here at all, appears to form an early divergent branch. | ||
* Mitian | * '''Mitian''' | ||
:* ???Kartvelian | :* ???Kartvelian | ||
:* [[Eurasiatic]] | :* [[Eurasiatic]] | ||
::* [[Europic]] | ::* [[Europic]] | ||
:::* Indo-European | :::* Indo-European | ||
:::* possibly further languages ([[Hesperic]]) | :::* possibly further languages ([[Hesperic]], [[Danubian]]) | ||
::* Uralo-Siberian | ::* Uralo-Siberian | ||
:::* Uralic-Yukaghir | :::* Uralic-Yukaghir | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 20 September 2010
Mitian is a hypothetic language family proposed by Jörg Rhiemeier, consisting of Europic, Uralo-Siberian, Altaic and perhaps Kartvelian, though the latter case is doubtful. Possible further members are Sumerian and Etruscan-Lemnian, but these languages are only poorly known and much is still controversial about them. Mitian is thus a subfamily of Nostratic. The name is derived from the characteristic shapes of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns which are mi and ti or similar. (The most likely Proto-Mitian forms are *'mi and *twi, based on evidence from Indo-European, which has *h1me and *twe.)
Classification
Within Mitian, Europic, Uralo-Siberian and Altaic seem to form a closer group, for which many long-range comparatists use the term Eurasiatic, while Kartvelian, if it belongs here at all, appears to form an early divergent branch.
- Mitian
- ???Kartvelian
- Eurasiatic
