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 | | The only currently existing member of the Yeniseian family of languages, Ket is spoken by about 550 people (out of a total population of 1,100) who live along the Yenisei River in central Siberia. |
 | | Included are words for: elbow, foot, head, breast, shoulder, guts, lake, river, louse, birch bark, river, ocean, boat, snow (falling), snow (on ground). |
 | | The word for birch bark is so similar in both families that it caught his attention and caused him to take a closer look at the relationship between the two families. |
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