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Differentiated genomic footprints suggest isolation and long-distance migration of Hmong-Mien populations. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Biol
He G   +17 more
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Siberia: Tungusic and Palaeosiberian

2007
Abstract By the term “Siberia “ we refer to east Siberia and the Russian Far East, an area which has long been inhabited by both the Tungusic and the Palaeosiberian people. In order to cover the whole range of the Tungusic, a part of north China is also included in the following discussion.
Toshiro Tsumagari   +2 more
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Eskimo Loanwords in Northern Tungusic

IRAN and the CAUCASUS, 2015
This article surveys several Eskimo loanwords in Tungusic. Since they are found exclusively in Northern Tungusic languages, in all probability these loanwords represent a relatively late contact between Northern Tungusic and Eskimo speakers that was likely to take place no earlier than two thousand years ago, when speakers of proto-Northern Tungusic ...
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Nanai and the Southern Tungusic languages

2020
The chapter deals with an overview of the Southern Tungusic languages: Hezhe, Udihe, Oroch, Nanai, Ulcha, and Orok. The sociolinguistic and dialectal situation is described, as well as the history of the languages under discussion in respect of genealogy and contacts. The most specific features of this language group are observed alongside the features
Oskolskaya, Sofia, Oskolskaya, Sofia
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The classification of the Tungusic languages

2020
This chapter surveys previous attempts to classify the genetic relationships among the Tungusic languages. The set of sound correspondences that can be employed in this classification is examined and it is argued that, if one assumes binary branching for a cladistic classification, there are three plausible classifications that result from the ...
Lindsay J. Whaley, Sofia Oskolskaya
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Vowel Harmony in Tungusic Languages

Abstract This chapter presents a description of vowel harmony (VH) in Tungusic languages, based on the hypothesis that earlier Tungusic and most modern Tungusic languages are characterized by retracted tongue root (RTR) harmony, drawing empirical data from Even, Orochen, Evenki, Solon, Nanaj, Classical Manchu, and varieties of Modern ...
Bing Li, Norval Smith
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A typology of negation in Tungusic

Studies in Language, 2015
Negation seems to be a universal linguistic category, yet languages differ vastly in how they express it. Tungusic languages show several interesting and typologically rare phenomena. The paper offers a typological description of negation within the whole language family from an onomasiological perspective.
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