Permutation test applied to lexical reconstructions partially supports the Altaic linguistic macrofamily [PDF]
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2021 In this paper, we present the results of our analysis of the 110-item basic wordlists for four reconstructed and one ancient languages, the linguistic ancestors of five language families which are hypothesized to constitute the Altaic (a.k.a ...
Alexei S. Kassian +4 more
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Genomic Insights Into the Admixture History of Mongolic- and Tungusic-Speaking Populations From Southwestern East Asia [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 As a major part of the modern Trans-Eurasian or Altaic language family, most of the Mongolic and Tungusic languages were mainly spoken in northern China, Mongolia, and southern Siberia, but some were also found in southern China. Previous genetic surveys
Jing Chen +17 more
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About millets and beans, words and genes [PDF]
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2020 In this special collection, we address the origin and dispersal of the Transeurasian languages, i.e. Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic, from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Martine Robbeets, Chuan-Chao Wang
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Phylogenetic signal and rate of evolutionary change in language structures [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Within linguistics, there is an ongoing debate about whether some language structures remain stable over time, which structures these are and whether they can be used to uncover the relationships between languages.
Nataliia Hübler
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Disentangling complex language contact and admixture in the broad Gansu-Qinghai region [PDF]
Fundamental ResearchLanguage evolution in the Gansu-Qinghai (GQ) region provides a key perspective for understanding cultural development along the eastern Silk Road. Previous genetic and archaeological studies have revealed complex, multi-ethnic interactions in this region,
Hongye Jin +7 more
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Word-Stress Patterns in Mongolic Languages
Oriental Studies, 2018 The paper presents a preliminary analysis of stress patterns in Mongolic languages. According to the author's hypothesis, there are at least three major word stress patterns in Mongolic.
Jargal B. Badagarov
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Names of Leather Packages and Containers in the Mongolic Languages
Oriental Studies, 2018 Though studied unevenly, the Mongolian languages have been long known both in Europe and Russia’s academic circles. The most investigated modern Mongolian languages are Khalkha Mongolian, Buryat and Kalmyk.
B. D. Balzhinimaeva
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Classification and geographical dispersion of Mongolic languages
Linguistica Brunensia, 2013 In the article the main models of genetic classification of Mongolic languages are introduced, commented and finally compared with our new model based on the recalibrated glottochronological test applying its modification developed by Sergei Starostin ...
Michal Schwarz, Václav Blažek
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Semantics of Postpositions with the Meaning ‘Between, Among’ in Mongolic Languages
Oriental Studies, 2021 Introduction. This article is devoted to the semantics of postpositions with the meaning ‘between’ and ‘among’ in the Mongolian languages. Currently, the scholars are increasingly paying attention to studies of the spatial characteristics of various ...
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva +3 more
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Mongolic Languages: Lexical Semantic Groups of Locative Nouns Described
Oriental Studies, 2022 Introduction. The article deals with lexical means of expressing the category of locativity, the latter to serve a basic concept of space. Descriptions of locative parts of speech in typological works analyzing different languages make it possible to ...
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva +3 more
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