Editing Uralic languages (section)

===Ural-Altaic===
{{Main|Ural–Altaic languages}}
Theories proposing a close relationship with the [[Altaic languages]] were formerly popular, based on similarities in vocabulary as well as in grammatical and phonological features, in particular the similarities in the Uralic and Altaic pronouns and the presence of [[agglutination]] in both sets of languages, as well as [[vowel harmony]] in some. For example, the word for "language" is similar in [[Estonian language|Estonian]] (''keel'') and [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] (''хэл'' (''hel'')). These theories are now generally rejected<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Georg |first1=Stefan |last2=Michalove |first2=Peter A. |last3=Ramer |first3=Alexis Manaster |last4=Sidwell |first4=Paul J. |date=March 1999 |title=Telling general linguists about Altaic |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231787164 |journal=Journal of Linguistics |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=65–98 |issn=1469-7742 |doi=10.1017/S0022226798007312 |s2cid=144613877 }}</ref> and most such similarities are attributed to [[language contact]] or coincidence.