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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. | ||
(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'''.) | ||
==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 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. | ||
* Mitian | |||
:* Kartvelian | |||
:* [[Eurasiatic]] | |||
::* [[Europic]] | |||
:::* Indo-European | |||
:::* Old European | |||
::* Uralo-Siberian | |||
:::* Uralic-Yukaghir | |||
::::* Uralic | |||
::::* Yukaghir | |||
:::* Beringian | |||
::::* Chuktoko-Kamchatkan | |||
::::* Eskimo-Aleut | |||
::* Altaic | |||
:::* Turkic | |||
:::* Mongolic | |||
:::* Tungusic | |||
Revision as of 04:23, 8 March 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 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 appears to form an early divergent branch.
- Mitian
- Kartvelian
- Eurasiatic
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- Indo-European
- Old European
- Uralo-Siberian
- Uralic-Yukaghir
- Uralic
- Yukaghir
- Beringian
- Chuktoko-Kamchatkan
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Altaic
- Turkic
- Mongolic
- Tungusic
