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The following is a list of proposed language families, which connect established families into larger genetic groups (macro-families). Support for these proposals vary from case to case. For example, the Dené–Yeniseian languages are a recent proposal which has been generally well received, whereas reconstructions of the Proto-World language are often viewed as fringe science. Proposals which are themselves based on other proposals have the likelihood of their parts noted in parentheses.
Under considerations
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Below are language families that are already rejected by most linguists. As they are widely rejected, only linguists who agree are shown.
This table is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.| Proposed name | Description | Status | Agree | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almosan | Algic, Kutenai and Mosan | Widely rejected | ||
| Amerind | All languages in the Americas which do not belong to the Eskimo–Aleut or Na–Dene families | Widely rejected | ||
| Altaic | Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic (and possibly Ainu) | Widely rejected; generally considered a Sprachbund | ||
| Austronesian–Ongan | Ongan and Austronesian | Widely rejected | Juliette Blevins (initiator) | |
| Borean | All families except in sub-Saharan Africa, New Guinea, Australia, and the Andaman Islands | Widely rejected | ||
| Coahuiltecan | Native languages of modern Texas | Sprachbund | ||
| Dene–Caucasian | Na-Dené, North Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, Yeniseian, and others. | Widely rejected | ||
| Dravido-Korean | Dravidian and Koreanic | Obsolete | ||
| Elamo-Dravidian | Elamite and Dravidian | Widely rejected | ||
| Eurasiatic | Indo-European, Uralic and Altaic | Widely rejected | ||
| Indo-Pacific | Several Pacific families. | Widely rejected | ||
| Indo-Semitic | Indo-European languages and Semitic languages or Afroasiatic languages | Widely rejected | ||
| Khoisan | African click-consonant languages that do not belong to any other macrophyla | Widely rejected | ||
| Macro-Mayan | Mayan with Totonacan, Mixe–Zoque, and Huave | Widely rejected | ||
| Mosan | Salishan, Wakashan, and Chimakuan languages of Pacific Northwest North America | Sprachbund | ||
| Nostratic | Afroasiatic, Kartvelian, Dravidian and Eurasiatic | Widely rejected | ||
| Proto-World | Reconstructed common ancestor of all living languages | Widely rejected | Alfredo Trombetti (initiator) | |
| Ural–Altaic | Uralic and Altaic | Obsolete; considered a linguistic convergence zone | ||
| Sino-Uralic | Uralic, Sinitic | ? | Jingyi Gao (initiator) |
See also
References
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I would no longer wish to relate CK directly to , although I believe that some of the lexical evidence will hold up in terms of borrowing/diffusion.
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