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Some parallels in grammar between Nivkh and Tungusic languages

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A Bayesian approach to the classification of Tungusic languages

Diachronica, 2021
Abstract The Tungusic language family is comprised of languages spoken in Siberia, the Russian Far East, Northeast China and Xinjiang. There is a general consensus that these languages are genealogically related and descend from a common ancestral language.
Sofia Oskolskaya   +2 more
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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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Tungusic: an endangered language family in Northeast Asia

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2005
Languages of the Tungusic family are historically spoken all over Northeast Asia, including Siberia, Manchuria, and Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). Most importantly, the Tungusic family includes Manchu, the offcial administrative language of China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
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Placeholders versus general extenders in Tungusic languages

The paper describes two classes of discourse markers, namely placeholders and general extenders, in Tungusic languages (a family of endangered languages spoken in Russia and China). The aim of the paper is to provide an exhaustive list of stems, covering their etymology, mirroring features (i. e.
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