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'''Paleo-Pontic''' is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric [[language family]] coined by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum. | '''Paleo-Pontic''' is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric [[language family]] coined by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]], which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum. | ||
The Paleo-Pontic languages are unknown, but the [[Wikipedia:Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]] and [[Wikipedia:Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]] languages may be remnants of this family that would later have been eclipsed by [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] and [[Uralic]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Paleo-European languages]] | * [[Paleo-European languages]] | ||
[[Category:Paleo-European languages]] | |||
[[Category:Historical linguistics]] | [[Category:Historical linguistics]] | ||
[[Category:LLL]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 27 January 2018
Paleo-Pontic is a name for a hypothetical prehistoric language family coined by Jörg Rhiemeier, which formed north of the Black Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum.
The Paleo-Pontic languages are unknown, but the Northwest Caucasian and Northeast Caucasian languages may be remnants of this family that would later have been eclipsed by Indo-European and Uralic.
