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2408:Indo-Uralic
2403:Ural-Altaic
2367:Proto-human
2315:Macrofamily
2264:Long-range
2216:FS Reinisch
1128:Afroasiatic
956:Kordofanian
944:NigerâCongo
929:Afroasiatic
913:Ilia Peiros
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474:, southern
277:Afroasiatic
235:. The name
201:macrofamily
156:(Starostin)
71:August 2024
2682:Categories
2393:Eurasiatic
2211:14 (1991).
1960:Eurasiatic
1788:References
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1731:Eurasiatic
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1721:Kartvelian
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1261:HmongâMien
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486:, and the
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301:Eurasiatic
281:Kartvelian
215:, and the
106:Geographic
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588:Tyrsenian
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362:versus a
360:Nostratic
352:Nostratic
333:Yeniseian
297:Near East
285:Dravidian
164:Glottolog
150:(Fleming)
138:Nostratic
63:talk page
2669:Category
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2273:Concepts
2146:26403857
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1817:3 August
1765:See also
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1707:Sumerian
1698:Sumerian
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293:Elamitic
289:Sumerian
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341:Na-Dene
221:Eurasia
213:Oceania
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148:Amerind
112:Eurasia
57:Please
18:Bornean
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633:Turkic
628:Altaic
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454:, and
452:Europe
448:Levant
432:Basque
354:and a
343:, and
325:Basque
317:Altaic
313:Uralic
273:Boreal
269:Borean
241:ÎČÎżÏÎαÏ
237:Borean
209:Africa
193:Boreal
191:(also
189:Borean
96:Borean
2593:Books
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2005:(PDF)
1808:(PDF)
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1056:Nivkh
664:Nivkh
476:China
472:India
460:human
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