The origin of the Na-Dene.
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چکیده
Linguistic evidence indicates that the Yeniseian family of languages, spoken in central Siberia, is most closely related to the Na-Dene family of languages spoken, for the most part, in northwestern North America. This hypothesis locates the source of one of the three migrations responsible for the peopling of the Americas.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 95 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998