Paleosiberian
[ pey-lee-oh-sahy-beer-ee-uh n or, esp. British, pal-ee- ]
/ ˌpeɪ li oʊ saɪˈbɪər i ən or, esp. British, ˌpæl i- /
noun
a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
adjective
of or relating to Paleosiberian.
Origin of Paleosiberian
1910–15;
paleo- +
Siberian