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Eskimo–Uralic languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Arctic coast

Glottolog:
  
None

Subdivisions:
  
Uralic Eskimo–Aleut

Linguistic classification:
  
Proposed language family

The Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis posits that the Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut language families belong to a common language family of which they are the two branches. Although substantial arguments for the hypothesis have been made, it is not generally accepted by linguists. The best-known advocate of the Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis is Knut Bergsland. The hypothesis dates back to the pioneering Danish linguist Rasmus Rask in 1818, upon noticing similarities between Greenlandic Eskimo and Finnish.

References

Eskimo–Uralic languages Wikipedia