About 3,200 miles and four intervening language families separate today's speakers of Ket from those who still speak what researchers know as Na-Dene (Tlingit, Eyak and Athabaskan).

Vajda has examined the similarities between the Ket language, currently spoken by a small, isolated group of people in central Siberia, and the North America Na-Dene languages.

About 3,200 hundred miles and four intervening language families separate today's speakers of Ket from those who still speak what researchers know as Na-Dene (Tlingit, Eyak and Athabaskan).

Atem Yaak Atem maan journalist e ke ci ruun ke 4, aci yengo amana ket ku ka cikke luel ya juier ket e Australia e tong rol roor e ket juieryic.

Instead, the Ket maintained their yearly cycles of hunting and fishing, keeping their culture intact along with their language.