3-398: Proto-Yeniseian or Proto-Yeniseic is the unattested reconstructed proto-language from which all Yeniseian languages are thought to descend from. It is uncertain whether Proto-Yeniseian had a similar tone/pitch accent system as Ket . Many studies about Proto-Yeniseian phonology have been done; however, there are still many things unclear about Proto-Yeniseian. The probable location of
6-579: The Yeniseian homeland is proposed on the basis of geographic names and genetic studies, which suggests a homeland in Southern Siberia . According to Vajda, Proto-Yeniseian had the following phonemes , expressed in IPA symbols. Attested language In linguistics , attested languages are languages (living or dead ) that have been documented and for which the evidence (“attestation”) has survived to
9-441: The present day. Evidence may be recordings , transcriptions , literature or inscriptions . In contrast, unattested languages may be names of purported languages for which no direct evidence exists, languages for which all evidence has been lost, or hypothetical proto-languages proposed in linguistic reconstruction . Within an attested language, particular word forms directly known to have been used (because they appear in
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