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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, George Starostin, Ilya M. Egorov, Ekaterina S. Logunova, Anna V. Dybo   +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, Guanglin He, Zheng Ren, Qiyan Wang, Yubo Liu, Hongling Zhang, Meiqing Yang, Han Zhang, Jingyan Ji, Jing Zhao, Jianxin Guo, Kongyang Zhu, Xiaomin Yang, Rui Wang, Hao Ma, Chuan-Chao Wang, Chuan-Chao Wang, Jiang Huang   +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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Disentangling complex language contact and admixture in the broad Gansu-Qinghai region [PDF]

Fundamental Research
Language 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, Sizhe Yang, Yuxin Tao, Chengkun Yang, Wenjing Sun, Linguistic Silk Road Research Consortium, Dan Xu, Menghan Zhang   +7 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, Vladimir N. Mushaev, Bamba E. Ubushieva, Dzhirgal M. Lidzhieva   +3 more
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Classifying Mongolic Languages: The Place of Eastern Yugur in Works of Russian and Foreign Researchers Revisited

Монголоведение, 2022
Eastern Yugur is a Mongolic language spoken in Kangle and Mati districts of Gansu Province, China. Eastern Yugur is one of the languages spoken by the Yellow Uyghurs divided into two groups: the endonym of the Mongolic-speaking group is ‘Šera Yogor’, and
Zayana I. Mandzhieva
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The Spatial Concept ‘Proximity’: Linguistic Expressive Means in Mongolic Languages Reviewed

Монголоведение, 2022
Introduction. The article deals with key lexical and morphological means of expressing the spatial concept of proximity in Mongolic languages. Such lexical means include adjectives, adverbs and verbs, while morphological ones are case forms and ...
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva, Roza P. Kharchevnikova, Bolha A. Shurungova, Mingiyan A. Lidzhiev, Naran Yu. Mandeev   +4 more
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Northeast Siberian astronomical terms [PDF]

Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020
In this paper, we shall have a look at series of astronomical terms and their etymologies in a historical context, including etymologized and non-etymologized terminology in Yakut (Turkic), Written Mongolian, Dagur and Khalkha (Mongolic), Ewenki ...
Piispanen, P.S.
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Words Denoting the Sky in Mongolic Languages: Etymology and Semantics

Oriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. The articles examines etymologies and semantics of Mongolic words denoting the sky. The system of astronomical terms in Mongolic languages is structurally complicated due to multiple layers of pre-Buddhist, Buddhist and other beliefs ...
Anna V. Dybo, Viktoria V. Kukanova, Saglara V. Mirzaeva, Evgeny V. Bembeev, Vladimir N. Mushaev, Vyacheslav N. Khoninov   +5 more
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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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