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"Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xi+ing-n|| and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo-Siberian Language"
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
First published: 16 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12321

Abstract
The Xi+ing-n|| were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia
from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xi+ing-n||
descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European
Huns. It has been argued that the Xi+ing-n|| spoke an Iranian,
Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic
affiliation of the Xi+ing-n|| and the Huns is still debated. Here,
we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains
does indeed suggest that the Xi+ing-n|| and the Huns spoke the same
Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin,
a member of the Yeniseian language family. This identification
augments and confirms genetic and archaeological studies and
inspires new interdisciplinary research on Eurasian population
history.

(I'm in no position to judge this paper. From the included references
it is clear that a lot has been written on this subject before.)
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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This came up on Language Log:

"Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xi+ing-n|| and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo-Siberian Language"
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
First published: 16 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12321

Abstract
The Xi+ing-n|| were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia
from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xi+ing-n||
descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European
Huns. It has been argued that the Xi+ing-n|| spoke an Iranian,
Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic
affiliation of the Xi+ing-n|| and the Huns is still debated. Here,
we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains
does indeed suggest that the Xi+ing-n|| and the Huns spoke the same
Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin,
a member of the Yeniseian language family. This identification
augments and confirms genetic and archaeological studies and
inspires new interdisciplinary research on Eurasian population
history.

(I'm in no position to judge this paper. From the included references
it is clear that a lot has been written on this subject before.)

At least the methods are based on vocabulary analysis rather than the more, umm, creative methods of other papers that get plenty of media coverage.

IrCOd never heard of the Xi+ing-n|| and I donrCOt have the background in the relevant
languages to comment on sound progression, but IrCOm glad to have learned of the
paper, thank you Christian.
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