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'''Mitian''' is a hypothetic language family consisting of [[Europic]], [[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.
It 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]], if the latter represents a valid grouping.
The name is derived from the characteriticv 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''', respectively, or similar.
(The most likely Proto-Mitian forms are '''*'mi''' and '''*twi''', based on evidence from Indo-European.)
 
==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'''
:* [[Eurasiatic]]
::* [[Euro-Siberian]]
:::* [[Indo-Uralic]]
::::* [[Europic]]
:::::* Indo-European
:::::* possibly further languages ([[Hesperic]], [[Danubian]])
::::* Uralic
:::* Eskimo-Siberian
::::* Yukaghir
::::* Chuktoko-Kamchatkan
::::* Eskimo-Aleut
::* Altaic
:::* Turkic
:::* Mongolic
:::* Tungusic
:* uncertain members
::* Kartvelian
::* Tyrrhenian (Etruscan, Rhaetic, Lemnian)
::* Nivkh
::* Korean
::* Japonic
 
[[Category:Historical linguistics]]

Revision as of 16:52, 28 June 2011

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, if the latter represents a valid grouping. 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
  • Uralic
  • Eskimo-Siberian
  • Yukaghir
  • Chuktoko-Kamchatkan
  • Eskimo-Aleut
  • Altaic
  • Turkic
  • Mongolic
  • Tungusic
  • uncertain members
  • Kartvelian
  • Tyrrhenian (Etruscan, Rhaetic, Lemnian)
  • Nivkh
  • Korean
  • Japonic
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