Nostratic

//nɑːˈstɹætɪk// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.

Etymology

From German nostratisch.

Related phrases

afro asiaticchukchi kamchatkaneskimo aleutindo european

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