Proposed language families

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Chapters: Nostratic languages, Ibero-Caucasian languages, Ural-Altaic languages, Amerind languages, Indo-Pacific languages, Elamo-Dravidian languages, Pontic languages, Alarodian languages, Dené-Caucasian languages, Indo-Uralic languages, Proto-Dené-Caucasian roots, Trans-New Guinea languages, Uralic-Yukaghir languages, Indo-Semitic languages, Andamanese languages, Austro-Tai languages, Austric languages, Eurasiatic languages, Borean languages, East Papuan languages, North Caucasian languages, Uralo-Siberian languages, Sino-Austronesian languages, Kwomtari-Fas languages, Ramu-Lower Sepik languages, Sepik-Ramu languages, West Papuan languages, Buyeo languages, Lakes Plain languages, Proto-language, Left May-Kwomtari languages, Vasconic languages, Daly languages, East Bird's Head-Sentani languages, South-Central Papuan languages, Central and South New Guinea languages, Coahuiltecan languages, Macro-Mayan languages, Je-Tupi-Carib languages, East Geelvink Bay languages, Extended West Papuan languages, Tor-Kwerba languages, Chimuan languages, Macro-Siouan languages, Algonquian-Wakashan languages, Aztec-Tanoan languages, Northwest Sumatran languages, Karasuk languages, Magaric languages, Quechumaran languages, Saparo-Yawan languages, Macrofamily, Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages, Southeast Papuan languages, Arnhem Land languages, Mosan languages, Ticuna-Yuri languages, Yuat languages, Macro-Puinavean languages, Laua language, Koiarian languages, Dagan languages, Macro-Jibaro languages, Yareban languages, Mailuan languages, Kwalean languages, Manubaran languages, Eskimo-Uralic languages, Esmeralda-Yaruroan languages, Kongo-Saharan languages, Macro-Chibchan languages, Macro-Panoan languages, Sechura-Catacao languages, Moseten-Chon languages, Wamo-Chapakura languages, Hibito-Cholon languages, Katembri-Taruma languages, Otomakoan languages, Tequiraca-Canichana languages, Macro-Warpean languages, Totozoque languages, Trans-Fly-Bulaka River languages, Dani-Kwerba languages, Tolatecan languages. Excerpt: Nostratic is a proposed language family (sometimes called a macrofamily or a superfamily) that includes many of the indigenous language families of Eurasia, including the Indo-European, Uralic and Altaic as well as Kartvelian languages. Usually also included are the Afroasiatic languages native to Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and the Dravidian languages of the Indian Subcontinent (sometimes extended to Elamo-Dravidian, connecting India and the Persian Plateau). The exact composition and structure of the family varies among proponents. The hypothetical ancestral language of the Nostratic family is called Proto-Nostratic. Proto-Nostratic would necessarily have been spoken at an earlier time than the language families descended from it, which would place it in the Epipaleolithic period, close to the end of the last glacial period. The Nostratic hypothesis originates with Holger Pedersen in the early 20th century. The name "Nostratic" is due to Pedersen (1903), derived from the Latin nostrates "fellow countrymen". The hypothesis was significantly expanded in the 1960s by Soviet linguists, notably Vladislav Illich-Svitych and Aharon Dolgopolsky, termed the "Moscovite school" by Bomhard (2008), and it has received renewed attention in English-speaking academia since the 1990s. The hypothesis is controversial and has varying degrees of acceptance amongst linguists worldwide. In Russia, it is endorsed by a minority of...