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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 Kartvelian. | ||
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 characteritic shapes of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns which are '''mi''' and '''ti''' or similar. | The name is derived from the characteritic 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 '''*h<sub>1</sub>me''' and '''*twe'''.) | (The most likely Proto-Mitian forms are '''*'mi''' and '''*twi''', based on evidence from Indo-European, which has '''*h<sub>1</sub>me''' and '''*twe'''.) | ||
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 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 appears to form an early divergent branch. | ||
Revision as of 06:36, 14 February 2006
Mitian is a hypothetic language family proposed by Jörg Rhiemeier, consisting of Europic, Uralo-Siberian, Altaic and Kartvelian. 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 characteritic 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.)
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 appears to form an early divergent branch.
