Eskimo–Uralic languages
| Eskimo–Uralic | |
|---|---|
| (controversial) | |
| Geographic distribution | northern Eurasia and far northern North America |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis posits that the Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut language families belong to a common language family of which they are the two branches. Although substantial arguments for the hypothesis have been made, it is not generally accepted by linguists. The best-known advocate of the Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis is Knut Bergsland. The hypothesis dates back to the pioneering Danish linguist Rasmus Rask in 1818, upon noticing similarities between Greenlandic Eskimo and Finnish. For a similar hypothesis see Uralo-Siberian languages.
A few potential lexical cognates between Proto-Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut are pointed out in Aikio (2019: 53f.).
Bibliography
- Aikio, Ante (2019). "Proto-Uralic". In Bakró-Nagy, Marianne; Laakso, Johanna; Skribnik, Elena (eds.). Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- Bergsland, Knut. 1959. "The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis." Journal de la Societé finno-ougrienne 61, 1-29.
- Bergsland, Knut. 1979. "The comparison of Eskimo-Aleut and Uralic." Fenno-Ugrica Suecana 2, 7-18.
- Georg, Stefan; Seefloth, Uwe. "Uralo-Eskimo?". Academia.edu. San Francisco, California: Academia, Inc.
- Seefloth, Uwe. 2000. "Die Entstehung polypersonaler Paradigmen im Uralo-Sibirischen." Zentralasiatische Studien 30, 163-191.
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