YENISEIAN

Meaning of YENISEIAN in English

/yen'euh say"euhn/ , n.

a group of languages spoken in Siberia, the only surviving member of which is Ket.

[ YENISEI + -AN, trans. of Russ yeniséiskii ]

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YENISEIAN — -āən noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Yenisei river, western Siberia + English -an 1. : a member …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YENISEIAN LANGUAGES — also spelled Yeniseyan, formerly called Yenisey-ostyak Languages, small group of languages grouped with Yukaghir, Nivkh, and the Luorawetlan languages as …
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YENISEIAN LANGUAGES — Енисейские языки
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PALEO -SIBERIAN LANGUAGES — or Paleo-Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas …
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YENISEI-OSTYAK — noun see yeniseian
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PALEOSIBERIAN — I. |pālēō, |palēō+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: pali- + siberian : paleo-asiatic II. noun Usage: usually capitalized : a …
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KET
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YENISEI-OSTYAK — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Y&O Etymology: Yenisei river + English ostyak 1. : yeniseian 1 2. …
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YENISEI — |yenə|sā noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: from Yenisei river, western Siberia : the Uralic language of the Yeniseian …
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KOT — ˈkät, ˈkȯt noun ( plural kot or kots ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an extinct people once living …
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KET — /ket/ , n. , pl. Kets , ( esp. collectively ) Ket for 1. 1. a member of an indigenous …
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NIVKH LANGUAGE — formerly called Gilyak Language, isolated language with two main dialects spoken by some 400 Nivkh, roughly 10 percent of the …
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LUORAWETLAN LANGUAGES — also spelled Luoravetlan, family of languages including Chukchi, Koryak, Itelmen, Aliutor, and Kerek, spoken in northeastern Siberia. The Luorawetlan language …
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KET LANGUAGE — one of two surviving members of the Yeniseian family of languages spoken by about 500 people living in central Siberia. …
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KET — indigenous people of central Siberia who live in the Yenisey River basin; in the late 20th century they numbered about …
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PALEO -SIBERIAN LANGUAGES — or Paleo-Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas …
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LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro-Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, …
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ЕНИСЕЙСКИЕ ЯЗЫКИ — Yeniseian languages
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