Paleo-Siberian

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• Paleo-Siberian languages — ▪ linguistics Introduction Paleo Siberian also spelled  Paleosiberian , also called  Paleo Asiatic languages  or  Hyperborean languages        languages spoken in Asian Russia (Siberia) that belong to four genetically unrelated groups Yeniseian… …   Universalium

• Paleo-Siberian — ▪ people also spelled  Paleosiberian, or Palaeo siberian,         any member of those peoples of northeastern Siberia who are believed to be remnants of earlier and more extensive populations pushed into this area by later Neosiberians. The Paleo …   Universalium

• Paleo -Siberian languages — or Paleo Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas of Siberia and perhaps Manchuria in the past, they have lost ground to Uralic and Altaic languages and… …   Universalium

• Siberian — See Siberia1. * * * (as used in expressions) New Siberian Islands Paleo Siberian languages Siberian husky Siberian peoples Trans Siberian Railroad * * * …   Universalium

• Siberian peoples — Any of a large number of small ethnic groups living in Siberia. Most engage either in reindeer herding or fishing, while some also hunt furbearing animals or farm and raise horses or cattle. In the past, many had both summer and winter dwellings …   Universalium

• Pre-Siberian American Aborigines — The name American Aborigines has been proposed by some archaeologists and anthropologistsWho|date=December 2007 for hypothetical peoples who lived in the Americas prior to the arrival of the ancestors of the Paleo Indians.This theory is mainly… …   Wikipedia

• arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …   Universalium

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• Urheimat — Indo European topics Indo European languages (list) Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic · Germanic · Greek Indo Iranian (Indo Aryan, Iranian) Italic  …   Wikipedia

• paleosiberian — I. |pālēō, |palēō+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: pali + siberian : paleo asiatic II. noun Usage: usually capitalized : a group of language families consisting of Luorawetlan, Yukaghir …   Useful english dictionary