Proper noun
Nostratic
A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.
A Comprehensive Introduction to Nostratic Comparative Linguistics: With Special Reference to Indo-European. Source: Internet
Greenberg basically agreed with the Nostratic concept, though he stressed a deep internal division between its northern 'tier' (his Eurasiatic) and a southern 'tier' (principally Afroasiatic and Dravidian). Source: Internet
Defenders of the Nostratic theory argue that were this to be true, it would remain that in classifying languages genetically, positives count for vastly more than negatives (Ruhlen 1994). Source: Internet
Consonants The reconstructed consonants of Nostratic are shown in the table below. Source: Internet
It is in this light that attempts to establish Nostratic or Eurasianic can be seen." Source: Internet
"Nostratic: a personal assessment". Source: Internet