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{{Infobox proto-language
{{Infobox proto-language
| name = Proto-Yeniseian
| name = Proto-Yeniseian
| altname = PY
| altname = Proto-Yeniseic, PY
| familycolor = Dene–Yeniseian
| familycolor = Dene–Yeniseian
| target = [[Yeniseian languages]]
| target = [[Yeniseian languages]]
| ancestor = Proto-[[Dené–Yeniseian languages|Dene-Yeniseian]] (hypothetical)
| ancestor = Proto-[[Dené–Yeniseian languages|Dene-Yeniseian]] (hypothetical)
| child1 = [[Proto-Ketic]]
| child1 = Proto-Ketic
| child2 = [[Proto-Kottic]]
| child2 = Proto-[[Pumpokolic languages|Pumpokolic]]
| child3 = Proto-[[Arin language|Arinic]]
| child4 = Proto-Kottic
}}
}}

'''Proto-Yeniseian''' or '''Proto-Yeniseic''' is the [[attested language|unattested]] [[linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] [[proto-language]] from which all [[Yeniseian languages]] are thought to descend from. It is uncertain whether Proto-Yeniseian had a similar tone/pitch accent system as [[Ket language|Ket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ket-language#ref108024|title = Ket language}}</ref> Many studies about Proto-Yeniseian phonology have been done, however there are still many things unclear about Proto-Yeniseian.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41928405|jstor = 41928405|last1 = de la Fuente|first1 = José Andrés Alonso|title = Proto-Yeniseian ūr₁'water'|journal = Central Asiatic Journal|year = 2006|volume = 50|issue = 1|pages = 3–7}}</ref> The probable location of the Yeniseian homeland is proposed on the basis of [[Toponymy|geographic names]] and genetic studies, which suggests a [[Linguistic homeland|homeland]] in [[Southern Siberia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24847/ldc-sp17-10-vajda.pdf |title=''Yeneseian and Dene hydronyms''|access-date=2021-03-08 |archive-date=2021-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120135541/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24847/ldc-sp17-10-vajda.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Proto-Yeniseian''' or '''Proto-Yeniseic''' is the [[attested language|unattested]] [[linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] [[proto-language]] from which all [[Yeniseian languages]] are thought to descend from. It is uncertain whether Proto-Yeniseian had a similar tone/pitch accent system as [[Ket language|Ket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ket-language#ref108024|title = Ket language}}</ref> Many studies about Proto-Yeniseian phonology have been done, however there are still many things unclear about Proto-Yeniseian.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41928405|jstor = 41928405|last1 = de la Fuente|first1 = José Andrés Alonso|title = Proto-Yeniseian ūr₁'water'|journal = Central Asiatic Journal|year = 2006|volume = 50|issue = 1|pages = 3–7}}</ref> The probable location of the Yeniseian homeland is proposed on the basis of [[Toponymy|geographic names]] and genetic studies, which suggests a [[Linguistic homeland|homeland]] in [[Southern Siberia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24847/ldc-sp17-10-vajda.pdf |title=''Yeneseian and Dene hydronyms''|access-date=2021-03-08 |archive-date=2021-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120135541/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24847/ldc-sp17-10-vajda.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>



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Proto-Yeniseian
Proto-Yeniseic, PY
Reconstruction ofYeniseian languages
Reconstructed
ancestor
Proto-Dene-Yeniseian (hypothetical)
Lower-order reconstructions

Proto-Yeniseian or Proto-Yeniseic is the unattested reconstructed proto-language from which all Yeniseian languages are thought to descend from. It is uncertain whether Proto-Yeniseian had a similar tone/pitch accent system as Ket.[1] Many studies about Proto-Yeniseian phonology have been done, however there are still many things unclear about Proto-Yeniseian.[2] The probable location of the Yeniseian homeland is proposed on the basis of geographic names and genetic studies, which suggests a homeland in Southern Siberia.[3]

Phonology

According to Vajda, Proto-Yeniseian had the following phonemes, expressed in IPA symbols.[4]

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Labiovelar Velar Uvular
Nasal *m *n *ŋʷ
Plosive voiceless *p *t [t͡ʃ] *tʳ [ʈ] *c *kʷ *k *q
voiced *b *d [d͡ʒ] *dʳ [ɖ] *ɡʷ
Fricative *s [ʃ] (*šʳ [ʂ]) *xʷ *x
Lateral *tɬ
Approximant *w *j
Rhotic *r

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close *i*ij*iw *u*uj*uw
Mid *e*ej*ew *o*oj*ow
Open *a*aj*aw

Vocabulary

  • *xuɬ ‘water’
  • *xuše ‘birch tree
  • *am ‘mother’
  • *ejn ‘wedge’
  • *qed ‘man’
  • *bes ‘rabbit’
  • *don ‘knife’
  • *kus ‘horse’
  • *pub ‘son’
  • *bus ‘penis’
  • *satʳ ‘crucian (fish)
  • *baŋ ‘land’
  • *tijk ‘snow’
  • *bejx ‘wind’
  • *tɬiwdʳ ‘lard’, ‘oil’
  • *ɬaɢa ‘star’

References

  1. ^ "Ket language".
  2. ^ de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2006). "Proto-Yeniseian ūr₁'water'". Central Asiatic Journal. 50 (1): 3–7. JSTOR 41928405.
  3. ^ "Yeneseian and Dene hydronyms" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ^ Fortescue, Michael D.; Vajda, Edward J. (2022), Mid-Holocene Language Connections Between Asia and North America, (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill.

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