Paleosiberian
American
[pey-lee-oh-sahy-beer-ee-uhn, pal-ee-]
/ ˌpeɪ li oʊ saɪˈbɪər i ən, ˌpæl i- /
noun
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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.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Paleosiberian
First recorded in 1910–15; paleo- + Siberian ( def. )
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