Paleosiberian

American  

[pey-lee-oh-sahy-beer-ee-uhn, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li oʊ saɪˈbɪər i ən, ˌpæl i- /

noun

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.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Paleosiberian.

Etymology

Origin of Paleosiberian

First recorded in 1910–15; paleo- + Siberian ( def. )