Eskimo–Uralic languages

Eskimo–Uralic
(obsolete)
Geographic
distribution:
Arctic coast
Linguistic classification: Proposed language family
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: None

The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis posits that the Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut language families belong to a common language family of which they are the two branches. Although substantial arguments for the hypothesis have been made, it is not generally accepted by linguists. The best-known advocate of the Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis is Knut Bergsland. The hypothesis dates back to the pioneering Danish linguist Rasmus Rask in 1818, upon noticing similarities between Greenlandic Eskimo and Finnish.

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