Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (Cyrillic: Серге́й Анато́льевич Ста́ростин March 24 1953 – September 30 2005) was a Russian historical linguist perhaps best known for his reconstructions of hypothetical proto-languages including his work on the controversial Altaic theory the formulation of the Dené–Caucasian hypothesis and the proposal of a Borean language of still earlier date. He was also the author of a widely respected reconstruction of Old Chinese.
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birth date
1953-03-24
birth place
Moscow
death date
2005-09-30
death place
Moscow
influenced
John Bengtson, Merritt Ruhlen
influenced by
Andrey Zaliznyak, Aharon Dolgopolsky, Vladimir Dybo, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Sergei Yakhontov
main interest
Nostratic languages, Glottochronology, Proto-Indo-European accent, Dené–Caucasian languages
notableIdea
Altaic languages, Japonic languages, Yeniseian languages, Old Chinese, North Caucasian languages, Kiranti languages, Dené–Caucasian languages, Tibeto-Burman languages
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