Japhetic theory — is a term used to describe a linguistic theory developed by the Soviet linguist Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr (1864 ndash;1934). In linguistics it is considered to be the equivalent of Lysenkoism in biology: a theory that was promoted and supported… … Wikipedia
Japhetic — Ja*phet ic, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
japhetic — I. jəˈfed.ik, (ˈ)jā|f adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japheth (Japetus), one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Gen 5:32 ff.) + English ic 1. : relating to or derived from Japheth who was a son of Noah used vaguely as an… … Useful english dictionary
Japhetic — is a term that refers to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible. It corresponds to Semitic (descendants of Shem) and Hamitic (descendants of Ham). Variations of the term include Japhetite and Japhethitic.… … Wikipedia
Japhetic — /jeuh fet ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Japheth. 2. of or pertaining to a hypothesized group of languages of the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and southern Europe, including the Caucasian languages, Sumerian, Basque, and Etruscan,… … Universalium
Yeniseian languages — Infobox Language family name = Yeniseian region = central Yenisei River, Siberia familycolor = Na Dené fam1 = Dené Yeniseian (proposed) child1 = Northern (Ket Yugh) child2 = Southern (Arin Kott) iso2 = The Yeniseian language family (sometimes… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Marr — Nikolay Jakovlevich Marr Nicholas Jakovlevich Marr (Russian: Николай Яковлевич Марр, Nikolay Jakovlevich Marr; Georgian: ნიკოლოზ იაკობის ძე მარი, Nikoloz Iak obis dze Mari; 6 January 1865 [O.S. 25 December], Georgia in Kutaisi – 20 December 1934 … Wikipedia
Confusion of tongues — Gustave Doré s interpretation of the confusion of tongues. The confusion of tongues (confusio linguarum) is the initial fragmentation of human languages described in the Book of Genesis 11:1–9, as a result of the construction of the Tower of… … Wikipedia
Sons of Noah — This T and O map, which abstracts that society s known world to a cross inscribed within an orb, remakes geography in the service of Christian iconography and identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Shem (Sem), Ham… … Wikipedia
Georgy Danilov — Georgy Konstantinovich Danilov(Russian: Георгий Костантинович Данилов; 10 January 1897 29 July 1937) was a Soviet linguist, africanist and polyglot.[1] Contents 1 Biography 2 Marxist linguistics and Jazikofront … Wikipedia
