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Dravidian and Uralian: The Lexical Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Stephen A. Tyler
Stephen A. Tyler*
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Tulane University
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Abstract

This paper presents positive evidence for a genetic relation between Dravidian and Uralian. The major evidence consists of systematic phonemic correspondences between 153 Proto-Dravidian and Proto-Uralian lexical items. Impressionistic structural resemblances support the lexical evidence.

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Language , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 798 - 812
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Copyright © 1968 by Linguistic Society of America

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