Johanna Nichols argued that migrations from this region could be linguistically distributed into two strata based on typological features such as the presence of n-m (“en-em”) pronouns. Because the Sirenik (“SEE-ruh-nuck”) language spoken in this region lacks a dual, it might be a separate branch of its language family. The Ket people of this region, (15[1])who have high rates of Haplogroup Q, were argued by Edward Vajda to speak a language related to the (*) Na-Dené (-5[1])(“nah-deh-NAY”) languages. “Paleo-” languages named for this region like Nivkh (“NEEFK”) and Yukaghir (“YOO-kuh-geer”) have been linked (-5[1])to its Tungusic languages. Most of the Samoyedic languages are spoken in this region. Khoomei (“HOO-mee”) throat singing is usually performed (-5[1])in this region’s Tuvan language. For 10 points, name this Russian region that borders (10[1])the Bering Strait. ■END■ (10[2])