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The problem of ethnic ties between the Altai and West Siberian regions in the Middle Ages (based on ethnonymy, folklore and traditional culture) [PDF]

Историческая этнология
The article examines the ethnonymy and folklore data preserved by modern Siberian and Altai Turks, which implies fairly active ethnic ties between the Altai and West Siberian regions. The great migration of peoples, founding Turkic state formations, then
Zaituna A. Tychinskikh
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo

Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2021
This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-
Luca Ciucci
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Notes on Nivkh ethnology [PDF]

, 2022
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Gruzdeva, Ekaterina
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Etymological Notes on the Ethnonymy of the Lower Yenisei

Вопросы ономастики, 2020
The article discusses the etymology of several ethnonyms and tribal names of the peoples of the Taimyr Peninsula and the Lower Yenisei region. It searches for the origin of the ethnonym Yuraki which is presently used as the name and self-name of the East
Valentin Yu. Gusev
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Revisiting the Etymology of the Ethnonym Mordva [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики
The Russian term for the Erzya and Moksha Peoples, Mordva, attested since the 12th century, is an exoethnonym with no roots in the Mordvinic languages.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Napolskikh, Olesya Dmitrievna Surikova   +1 more
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Ethnonymics as a Historical and Philological Discipline: General and Specific Solutions, Chance and Pattern [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики
This article addresses key methodological issues in the study of ethnonymy, focusing on new hypotheses on the origins of Finno-Ugric ethnonyms. The singular nature of ethnonyms, and the apparent lack of opportunity for statistical validation of ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Napolskikh
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From the History of Ukrainian Ethnonymy (From "Ruthenians" to "Ukrainians") [PDF]

Ukraïnsʹkij ìstoričnij žurnal, 2018
Досліджується процес зміни українським народом самоназви. Простежується історія утвердження, поширення й побутування етнонімів «русь»/«русин», «русини» та зміна їх на «українців».
Балушок, В.
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Mari, Merya, Muroma — History of the Ethnonyms and Reconstruction of the Substrate Toponymy Languages [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2023
The old hypothesis on the relatedness of Merya languages (today we can speak about a group of languages or dialects reconstructed on the basis of substrate toponymy of Central Russia: Merya of Rostov, Merya of Kostroma, and Merya of Murom also known as ...
Vladimir V. Napolskikh, Alexander V. Savelyev   +1 more
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oward the History of Tatars of Inner Asia: An Attempt to Identify Tribal Names

Золотоордынское обозрение, 2021
Research objectives: This article attempts to correlate the names of the tribes of the Tatars mentioned in both the “Secret History of the Mongols” and Rashīd ad-Dīn al-Ṭabīb’s “Jāmī al-Tawārīkh”.
Nanzatov B.Z., Tishin V.V.
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Buryat Historical Phonetics in Seventeenth-Century Russian-Language Documents: Problem Statement Approached. Part One

Монголоведение, 2023
Introduction. It is in the mid-to-late 18th century at latest that the main phonetic characteristics of Buryat that distinguish the latter from other Mongolic languages — reflected in its western and eastern dialects — took shape. The initial period that
Vladimir V. Tishin, Bair Z. Nanzatov
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