Uralic–Yukaghir languages
| Uralic–Yukaghir | |
|---|---|
| Uralo–Yukaghir | |
| (hypothetical) | |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Siberia |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Uralic and Yukaghir languages | |
Uralic–Yukaghir, also known as Uralo-Yukaghir, is a somewhat controversial proposed language family composed of Uralic and Yukaghir.
Uralic is a large and diverse family of languages spoken in northern and eastern Europe and northwestern Siberia. Among the better-known Uralic languages are Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
Yukaghir is a small family of languages spoken in eastern Siberia. It formerly extended over a much wider area (Collinder 1965:30) and it consists of two surviving languages, Tundra Yukaghir and Kolyma Yukaghir.
Proponents of the Uralo-Siberian proposal include Uralo-Yukaghir as one of its two branches, alongside the Siberian languages (sometimes Nivkh, (formerly) Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Eskimo-Aleut).