Yeniseian

Speech parts

1. Yeniseian - Noun

2. Yeniseian - Adjective

3. Yeniseian - Proper noun

Meaning

A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.

Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.

Yeniseian (plural Yeniseians)

A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.

Of or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers.

Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.

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The Jie, another pastoral people, may have been a branch of the Xiongnu who may have been Yeniseian Vovin, Alexander. Source: Internet

In 2008 Edward Vajda related Yeniseian to the Na-Dené languages of North America in a Dené–Yeniseian family. Source: Internet

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