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(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 [[ | 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. | ||
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Mitian is a hypothetic language family proposed by Jörg Rhiemeier, consisting of Europic, Uralo-Siberian, Altaic and Kartvelian. It 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.
