Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- I Major language groups of Inner Eurasia -- 1 The Turkic language family -- 2 The Mongolic language family -- 3 The Tungusic language family -- 4 The Samoyed languages -- 5 Khanty dialects -- 6 Mansi dialects -- II Microfamilies of Siberia and Asia's North Pacific Rim -- 7 The Yukaghir language family -- 8 The Yeniseian language family -- 9 The Amuric language family -- 10 The Ainuic language family -- 11 The Chukotko-Kamchatkan Languages -- 12 The Eskaleut language family