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Dr. Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (Cyrillic: ?????´? ?????´?????? ???´??????, March 24, 1953 – September 30, 2005) was a Russia
Russia

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n historical linguist
Historical linguistics

Historical linguistics is the study of language change. It has five main concerns:* to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages;...
 and scholar, best known for his work with hypothetical proto-language
Proto-language

A proto-language is the common ancestor of the languages that form a language family. Occasionally, the German language term Ursprache is used instead....
s, especially the controversial theory of Altaic languages
Altaic languages

Altaic is a disputed language family that is generally held by its proponents to include the Turkic languages, Mongolic languages, Tungusic languages, Korean language, and Japonic languages language families ....
 and the formulation of the Dené-Caucasian
Dene-Caucasian languages

The Den?Caucasian language family is a proposed Superfamily containing at least the North Caucasian languages, Yeniseian languages, Burushaski language, Sino-Tibetan languages, and Na?Den? languages....
 hypothesis, which assumes that Northwest Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian, Yeniseian, Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family composed of, at least, the Chinese language and the Tibeto-Burman languages, including some 250 languages of East Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia....
, and Na-Dené all have a genetic relationship.






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Dr. Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (Cyrillic: ?????´? ?????´?????? ???´??????, March 24, 1953 – September 30, 2005) was a Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n historical linguist
Historical linguistics

Historical linguistics is the study of language change. It has five main concerns:* to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages;...
 and scholar, best known for his work with hypothetical proto-language
Proto-language

A proto-language is the common ancestor of the languages that form a language family. Occasionally, the German language term Ursprache is used instead....
s, especially the controversial theory of Altaic languages
Altaic languages

Altaic is a disputed language family that is generally held by its proponents to include the Turkic languages, Mongolic languages, Tungusic languages, Korean language, and Japonic languages language families ....
 and the formulation of the Dené-Caucasian
Dene-Caucasian languages

The Den?Caucasian language family is a proposed Superfamily containing at least the North Caucasian languages, Yeniseian languages, Burushaski language, Sino-Tibetan languages, and Na?Den? languages....
 hypothesis, which assumes that Northwest Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian, Yeniseian, Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family composed of, at least, the Chinese language and the Tibeto-Burman languages, including some 250 languages of East Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia....
, and Na-Dené all have a genetic relationship. He was instrumental in the reconstruction of Proto-Kiranti, Proto-Tibeto-Burman, Proto-Yenisseian
Yeniseian languages

The Yeniseian language family is spoken in central Siberia....
, Proto-North-Caucasian
North Caucasian languages

North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two language Language family spoken chiefly in the north Caucasus and Turkey: the Northwest Caucasian languages family and the Northeast Caucasian languages family ; the latter includes the former North-central Caucasian languages family....
, and Proto-Altaic. He devoted much of his later life to developing the theory, originated by Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Khan
Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur

Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur was a khan of Khiva and a historian of Chagatai language Turkish literature.He was born in Urgench, Khanate of Khiva, the son of ruler 'Arab Muhammad Khan....
 in the 17th century, but really revived by Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt

Gustaf John Ramstedt born in Eken?s October 22, 1873, died in Helsinki November 25 1950, was a Swedish-speaking Finns Linguistics and diplomat....
 in the early 20th century, that Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
 is an Altaic
Altaic languages

Altaic is a disputed language family that is generally held by its proponents to include the Turkic languages, Mongolic languages, Tungusic languages, Korean language, and Japonic languages language families ....
 language.

Since 1985, Starostin had been developing , a linguist's workplace software.

At the time of his death, he was a professor
Professor

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 at the Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian State University for the Humanities

The Russian State University for the Humanities, also known as RSUH or RGGU , is a university in Moscow with over 5500 students. It was created in 1991 as the result of the merger of the Moscow Public University and the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives....
, a visiting professor at the Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute

The Santa Fe Institute is a non-profit research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and dedicated to the study of complex systems....
, and a frequent guest lecturer at Leiden University
Leiden University

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 in the Netherlands
Netherlands

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, where he was awarded the degree of Doctor honoris causa
Honorary degree

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 in June 2005.

Starostin died of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the Blood flow to part of the heart is interrupted. This is most commonly due to occlusion of a coronary artery following the rupture of a Vulnerable plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids and white blood cells in the wall of an artery....
 on September 30, 2005, shortly after delivering a lecture in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. His son, George Starostin, is also a linguist, as well as being well-known on the internet as a hobbyist music critic.

See also

  • Dené-Caucasian languages
    Dene-Caucasian languages

    The Den?Caucasian language family is a proposed Superfamily containing at least the North Caucasian languages, Yeniseian languages, Burushaski language, Sino-Tibetan languages, and Na?Den? languages....
  • North Caucasian languages
    North Caucasian languages

    North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two language Language family spoken chiefly in the north Caucasus and Turkey: the Northwest Caucasian languages family and the Northeast Caucasian languages family ; the latter includes the former North-central Caucasian languages family....


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  • by William H. Baxter


  • "a massive resource, containing huge amounts of information on almost all of Eurasia's language families"