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Genetic structure and demographic history of Northern Han people in Liaoning Province inferred from genome-wide array data

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
In this study, we used typical and advanced population genetic analysis methods [principal component analysis (PCA), ADMIXTURE, FST, f3-statistics, f4-statistics, qpAdm/qpWave, qpGraph, ALDER (Admixture-induced Linkage Disequilibrium for Evolutionary ...
Jingbin Zhou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the origin of the instrumental case marker in the Manchu-Tungusic languages

open access: yesLanguages and Folklore of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia
One of these is the instrumental case marker, likely derived from the proto-language form *-gī. The reflexes of this reconstructed affix can be found in Jurchen and modern Manchu-Tungusic languages (-gi, -i, -ǯī, -ǯi, - č, -t).
A. M. Pevnov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The genetic structure and admixture of Manchus and Koreans in northeast China

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2023
Background The fine-scale genetic profiles and population history of Manchus and Koreans remain unclear. Aim To infer a fine-scale genetic structure and admixture of Manchu and Korean populations.
Na Sun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complexity and Simplification in Language Shift

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2021
This paper examines the question of linguistic complexity in two shift ecologies in northeastern Russia. It is frequently claimed that language shift results in linguistic simplification across a range of domains in the grammars of shifting speakers ...
Jessica Kantarovich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are Mongolian and Tungus genetically related? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
It is no secret that Gerhard Doerfer has argued strongly against a genetic relationship between the Mongolic and Tungusic languages. Ten years ago he presented a detailed analysis of the Mongolo-Tungusic vocabulary (1985).
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Dynamics of language endangerment: a comparison of three northern tungusic lects spoken in the Russian Federation

open access: yesMacrosociolinguistics and Minority Languages
Most languages spoken by the so-called "small-numbered peoples of the North" are currently highly endangered or extinct (Janhunen, 2010, Bromham et al., 2022).
Brigitte Pakendorf
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modern and Ancient Genomes Reveal Neolithic Paternal Expansions of Millet and Rice Farmers and Demic Diffusion from China into Mainland Southeast Asia

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 17, 23 March 2026.
This study clarifies the genetic patterns of paternal lineages across East Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. Han populations are relatively homogeneous, whereas southern ethnolinguistic minorities display regional structures. Shared Y‐chromosome lineages indicate Neolithic expansions and extensive north‐south gene flow, supporting demic diffusion ...
Yunhui Liu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personal Names of the Bulteger Tungus Clan of the Urulgin Steppe Duma (Based on Early 19th Century Census Lists)

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2021
The paper explores personal names of Tungusic people belonging to the Bulteger clan of the Urulgin Steppe Duma, based on State Archive census data from the Trans-Bailkal area of the early 19th century.
Raisa G. Zhamsaranova
doaj   +1 more source

Ways of expressing comparative inequality in the Ulch and other Tungusic languages

open access: yesLanguages and Folklore of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia
This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of comparison markers in the Ulch language. The purpose is to introduce novel data with which to create a more complete picture of means of expressing different comparative relations within the inequality group.
V. A. Gorbunova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 29-52, March 2026.
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
wiley   +1 more source

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