Abstract:Ket is the sole surviving member of the Yeniseian language family, spoken in the central part of North Asia. This
large territory is also home to other language families: Samoyedic, Ob-Ugric, Tungusic, and Turkic. Apart from Yeniseian, which
are strikingly unique, all language groups in the area conform to a common typological profile. Subsequent to contact over several
hundred years, many of the core grammatical features that distinguish Yeniseian from the other language families have undergone… Show more
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