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Thomas Pellard, « The mirage of Transeurasian », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10670/1.lftonl
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Robbeets et al. (2021) argue that the dispersal of the so-called “Transeurasian” languages, a highly disputed language superfamily comprising the Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic language families, was driven by Neolithic farmers in the West Liao River region of China. They adduce evidence from linguistics, archaeology, and genetics to support their claim, but a closer investigation of all three types of evidence reveals fundamental problems with each of them. In particular, Robbeets et al.’s analysis of the linguistic data does not conform to the minimal standards required by traditional scholarship in historical linguistics. Neither conclusive evidence for a Transeurasian language family nor for associating the five different language families with the spread of Neolithic farmers from the West Liao River region can be found in Robbeets et al.’s data.