Chukotko-Kamchatkan–Amuric_languages

Chukotko-Kamchatkan–Amuric languages

Chukotko-Kamchatkan–Amuric languages

Hypothetical language family including Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan

The Chukotko-Kamchatko-Amuric or Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric languages form a hypothetical language family including Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan. A relationship between these two language groups was proposed by Michael Fortescue in a 2011 paper.[note 1] He theorized that their common ancestor might have been spoken around 4000 years ago.[1] However Glottolog says that the evidence is insufficient to conclude a genealogical relationship between Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan.[2]

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Evidence

Phonological

Proposed sound correspondences[1]

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Some cognates which include a sound change of Nivkh /ə/ and CK /æ/ are: t’əkə ‘edge of sleeping platform’ and CK tæγən 'near the edge of'' and Nivkh ərŋ 'mouth of a river' and CK ær 'flow out'.

Lexical

Proposed Nivkh-Chukotko-Kamchatkan cognates[3]

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Morphological

Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Nivkh have dual/plural distinction, however it has been lost in Chukchi.

Chukotko-Kamchatkan also has a "singulative" ending, and traces of a singulative ending in Nivkh might be seen.

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Fortescue's text consistently gives the family name in its shorter version. The longer version appears once, in the abstract.

References

  1. [1]
    Fortescue, Michael (2011). "The relationship of Nivkh to Chukotko-Kamchatkan revisited". Lingua. 121 (8): 1359–1376. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2011.03.001.
  2. [2]
    "Glottolog 4.3 - Amur Nivkh". glottolog.org.
  3. [3]
    Fortescue, Michael (1998). Language Relations across Bering Strait. London: Cassell & Co.
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