Yeniseian

[yen-uh-sey-uh n]

noun

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

Origin of Yeniseian

Yenisei + -an, translation of Russian yeniséĭskiĭ

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All this, however, is remedied by adhering to Klaproth's term Yeniseian.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man
Robert Gordon Latham