paleosiberian

paleosiberian
I. \\|pālēō, |palēō+\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: pali- + siberian
II. noun
Usage: usually capitalized
: a group of language families consisting of Luorawetlan, Yukaghir, Gilyak, and Yeniseian that are spoken by aboriginal peoples in northern and eastern Siberia, are not known to be related, but are conveniently treated together in contrast to the Altaic languages and Russian spoken in the same area

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/pay'lee oh suy bear"ee euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/, n.
1. a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
2. Paleo-Asiatic (def. 1).
adj.
3. of or pertaining to Paleosiberian.
[1910-15; PALEO- + SIBERIAN]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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