Evidence
Examples of similarities that have been noted include:
- Nasal negating particles in both families:
- PIE *n-: Germanic un-, Romance in-, Russian ne-.
- NWC: Ubykh m-, Abkhaz m-.
- A case variously named "accusative", "oblique" or "objective", marked with nasal suffixes:
- PIE accusative *-m: Latin luna 'moon' (nom.) vs lunam (acc.).
- NWC: Ubykh kwæy 'well (water source)' (abs.) vs kwæyn (obl.).
Critics consider these resemblances to be superficial. Many of the similarities can also be found in languages not always included in the suggested Proto-Pontic language family. For example, Japanese and Korean also both have nasal negating particles.
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