rWotD Episode 3172: Sergei Starostin
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The random article for Friday, 9 January 2026, is Sergei Starostin.
Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Ста́ростин; March 24, 1953 – September 30, 2005) was a Russian historical linguist and philologist, perhaps best known for his reconstructions of hypothetical proto-languages, including his work on the controversial Altaic theory, the formulation of the Dené–Caucasian hypothesis, and the proposal of a Borean language of still earlier date. None of his proposed macrofamilies have seen wide-scale acceptance in the linguistic community (and are mostly seen as implausible).
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:06 UTC on Friday, 9 January 2026.
For the full current version of the article, see Sergei Starostin on Wikipedia.
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