page_title: Dené–Yeniseian languages
hierarchical_section_title: Dené–Yeniseian languages
caption_attribution_description: English: &#160; Na-Dene languages &#160; Yeniseian languages Striped areas indicate the area of the former extent of the language.
context_page_description: Dené–Yeniseian is a proposed language family consisting of the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia and the Na-Dené languages of northwestern North America.
  Reception among experts has been largely, though not universally, favorable; thus, Dené–Yeniseian has been called "the first demonstration of a genealogical link between Old World and New World language families that meets the standards of traditional comparative-historical linguistics," besides the Eskimo–Aleut languages spoken in far eastern Siberia and North America.
context_section_description: Dené–Yeniseian is a proposed language family consisting of the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia and the Na-Dené languages of northwestern North America.
  Reception among experts has been largely, though not universally, favorable; thus, Dené–Yeniseian has been called "the first demonstration of a genealogical link between Old World and New World language families that meets the standards of traditional comparative-historical linguistics," besides the Eskimo–Aleut languages spoken in far eastern Siberia and North America.
caption: Distribution of Dené-Yeniseian languages in North Asia and North America   Na-Dene languages
    Yeniseian languages
  Striped areas indicate the area of the former extent of the language.
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