# Japhetic theory

> Postulation that the Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus area are related to the Semitic languages of the Middle East; proposed by Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr in 1920s and 1930s, now seen as outdated

**Wikidata**: [Q116231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116231)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhetic_theory)  
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## References

1. Source
2. Great Russian Encyclopedia
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. Quora