The Chukotko-Kamchatko-Amuric or Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric languages form a hypothetical language family including
Nivkh
Nivkh or Amuric or Gilyak may refer to:
* Nivkh people (''Nivkhs'') or Gilyak people (''Gilyaks'')
* Nivkh languages or Gilyak languages
* Gilyak class gunboat, ''Gilyak'' class gunboat, such as the Russian gunboat Korietz#Second gunboat, second R ...
and
Chukotko-Kamchatkan. A relationship between these two language groups was proposed by
Michael Fortescue
Michael David Fortescue (born 8 August 1946, Thornbury) is a British-born linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages, including Kalaallisut, Inuktun, Chukchi and Nitinaht.
Fortescue is known for his reconstructions ...
in a 2011 paper. He theorized that their common ancestor might have been spoken around 4000 years ago.
However
Glottolog
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says that the evidence is insufficient to conclude a genealogical relationship between Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan.
Evidence
Phonological
Proposed sound correspondences
Some cognates which include a sound change of Nivkh /ə/ and CK /æ/ are: ''t’əkə'' ‘edge of sleeping platform’ and CK tæγən
'near the edge of'' and Nivkh ''ərŋ'' 'mouth of a river' and CK ''ær'' 'flow out'.
Lexical
Proposed Nivkh-Chukotko-Kamchatkan cognates
Morphological
Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Nivkh have dual/plural distinction, however it has been lost in Chukchi.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan also has a "singulative" ending, and traces of a singulative ending in Nivkh might be seen.
See also
*
Algonquian–Wakashan languages
*
Paleosiberian languages
*
Uralo-Siberian languages
Notes
References
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Proposed language families
Nivkh languages
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages