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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 perhaps Kartvelian, though the latter case is doubtful. | '''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 | The name is derived from the characteristic shapes of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns which are '''*mi''' and '''*ti''', respectively, or similar. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 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, respectively, or similar.
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
