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Many toponyms in the Yassi speaking area are of unknown origin. They are neither Uralic nor Indo-European. Connections to [[w:Burushaski|Burushaski]] have not been verified. | Many toponyms in the Yassi speaking area are of unknown origin. They are neither Uralic nor Indo-European. Connections to [[w:Burushaski|Burushaski]] have not been verified. | ||
According to Vladimir Churbanov, Yassi exhibits several layers of different idioms, denying Yassi being a genuine Uralic language. Instead, it's more probable that Yassi is a language isolate with a Uralic (Para-Proto-Samoyed?) and a Proto-Iranian layer. Unlike other linguists, who argue that Yassi is a Uralic language which has adopted vocabulary from an isolate autochtonous substrate language and Proto-Iranian, Churbanov states all the isolated words in Yassi actually constitute the oldest part of the tongue. | According to Vladimir Churbanov, Yassi exhibits several layers of different idioms, denying Yassi being a genuine Uralic language. Instead, it's more probable that Yassi is a language isolate with a Uralic (Para-Proto-Samoyed?) and a Proto-Iranian layer. Unlike other linguists, who argue that Yassi is a Uralic language which has adopted vocabulary from an isolate autochtonous substrate language and Proto-Iranian, Churbanov states all the isolated words in Yassi actually constitute the oldest part of the tongue. | ||
When the Yassi people went southwards into their nowaday homeland, the met Indo-Europeans, however it is not clear if they were Indo-Iranians or Iranians. Most favor the latter, but as Yassi has strangely undergone very similar sound changes as other (Eastern) Iranians tongues, that's hard to tell. | When the Yassi people went southwards into their nowaday homeland, the met Indo-Europeans, however it is not clear if they were Indo-Iranians or Iranians. Most favor the latter, but as Yassi has strangely undergone very similar sound changes as other (Eastern) Iranians tongues, that's hard to tell. | ||
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In recent times, Yassi adopted Perso-Arabic vocabulary common to all idioms in the region: | In recent times, Yassi adopted Perso-Arabic vocabulary common to all idioms in the region: | ||
*kitāb: book | *kitāb: book | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||