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According to Greenberg, the language family that Eurasiatic is most closely connected to is Amerind.

He states that " he Eurasiatic-Amerind family represents a relatively recent expansion ( circa 15, 000 BP ) into territory opened up by the melting of the Arctic ice cap " ( 2002: 2 ).

In contrast, " Eurasiatic-Amerind stands apart from the other families of the Old World, among which the differences are much greater and represent deeper chronological groupings " ( ib .).

Like Eurasiatic, Amerind is not a generally accepted proposal.