Dené–Caucasian (controversial)

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Dené–Caucasian (controversial) is a hypothesized and widely disputed macrofamily that proposes a distant genetic relationship among several language families of Eurasia and North America, including Na-Dene.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dene–Caucasian 2
Dené–Caucasian (controversial) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf controversial linguistic hypothesis ⓘ
hypothetical language macrofamily ⓘ
alternativeName Dene–Caucasian ⓘ
Sino–Caucasian (in some formulations) ⓘ
basedOn lexical comparison ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ
phonological comparison ⓘ
classificationType macrofamily ⓘ
controversy dispute over validity of long-range language comparison ⓘ
criticizedFor insufficient application of the comparative method ⓘ
lack of regular sound correspondences ⓘ
use of mass lexical comparison ⓘ
field historical linguistics ⓘ
geographicScope Eurasia ⓘ
North America ⓘ
hasProposedMember Basque language ⓘ
linked to: Basque

Burushaski isolate ⓘ
Burushaski language ⓘ
linked to: Burushaski

Na-Dene family of North America ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene

Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene

North Caucasian family of the Caucasus ⓘ
North Caucasian languages ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan family of Asia ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Vasconic (Basque) languages ⓘ
linked to: Basque

Yeniseian family of Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Yeniseian languages

Yeniseian languages ⓘ
involvesLanguageFamily Na-Dene ⓘ
North Caucasian ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
Yeniseian ⓘ
linked to: Yeniseian languages
involvesLanguageIsolate Basque ⓘ
Burushaski ⓘ
notAcceptedBy most comparative linguists ⓘ
proposesGeneticRelationshipBetween Eurasian language families ⓘ
North American language families ⓘ
proposesLinkBetween Na-Dene and Yeniseian ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan and North Caucasian ⓘ
relatedHypothesis Dene–Yeniseian hypothesis ⓘ
Sino-Caucasian hypothesis ⓘ
researchFocus deep genetic relationships among language families ⓘ
status highly controversial ⓘ
widely rejected by mainstream historical linguists ⓘ
subjectOf long-range comparison studies ⓘ
timeDepth very great time depth beyond generally accepted limits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Na-Dene → hasProposedMacroFamily → Dené–Caucasian (controversial) ⓘ
Dené–Caucasian → alternativeName → Dene–Caucasian ⓘ
linked to: Dené–Caucasian (controversial)
North Caucasian → macroFamilyHypothesisName → Dene–Caucasian ⓘ
linked to: Dené–Caucasian (controversial)