John D. Bengtson (1948-2024) was an American historical and anthropological linguist.

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  • In direct contradiction of these kinds of statements [the uniqueness of Basque], the thesis of this book is that Basque is demonstrably related to other languages, i.e., that a scientific analysis of the evidence leads to the most probable conclusion that Basque is, at first remove, most closely related to the North Caucasian language family.
    • John D. Bengtson, from his book “Basque and its closest relatives: A new paradigm“. also quoted in [1]
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