Transeurasian hypothesis

E1012033

The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Altaic hypothesis 5
Transeurasian hypothesis canonical 3
Altaic language hypothesis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language macrofamily proposal ⓘ
linguistic hypothesis ⓘ
alternativeName Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
Macro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
associatedWith Nostratic hypothesis ⓘ
basedOn comparative method ⓘ
lexical comparison ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ
phonological correspondences ⓘ
continent Eurasia ⓘ
criticizedFor inadequate control of borrowings ⓘ
insufficient regular sound correspondences ⓘ
methodological weaknesses ⓘ
reliance on chance resemblances ⓘ
field comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
geographicFocus Northern Eurasia ⓘ
linked to: North Asia
hasSubproposal Macro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
Micro-Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily Japonic ⓘ
linked to: Japonic languages

Koreanic ⓘ
Mongolic ⓘ
Tungusic ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
influencedBy 19th-century Altaic studies ⓘ
macroAltaicIncludes Japonic ⓘ
Koreanic ⓘ
Mongolic ⓘ
linked to: Mongolic languages

Tungusic ⓘ
linked to: Tungusic languages

Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
microAltaicIncludes Mongolic ⓘ
linked to: Mongolic languages

Tungusic ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
opposedBy many historical linguists ⓘ
proposesGeneticRelationshipAmong Japonic languages ⓘ
Koreanic languages ⓘ
linked to: Korean

Mongolic languages ⓘ
Tungusic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
relatedConcept Altaic languages ⓘ
sometimesExcludes Japonic ⓘ
linked to: Japonic languages

Koreanic ⓘ
status controversial ⓘ
minority view ⓘ
supportedBy Anna Dybo ⓘ
Martine Robbeets ⓘ
Oleg Mudrak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Andrew Miller ⓘ
Sergei Starostin NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeDepthClaimed early Holocene ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martine Robbeets → knownFor → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
Martine Robbeets → researchInterest → Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Core Altaic → hasSuperClass → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
The Japanese Language → subject → Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Nostratic hypothesis → relatedConcept → Eurasiatic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Ural–Altaic hypothesis → relatedConcept → Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Ural–Altaic hypothesis → relatedConcept → Transeurasian hypothesis ⓘ
Chulym language → partOf → Altaic language hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Mongolian → possibleLanguageMacrofamily → Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis
Transeurasian hypothesis → alternativeName → Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Transeurasian hypothesis