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Review of The Tungusic Languages, edited by Alexander Vovin, José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente, and Juha Janhunen

Saksaha A Journal of Manchu Studies
The Tungusic ...
Loretta E. Kim
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On the origin of the instrumental case marker in the Manchu-Tungusic languages

Languages 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
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3 The Tungusic language family

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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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Dynamics of language endangerment: a comparison of three northern tungusic lects spoken in the Russian Federation

Macrosociolinguistics 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
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Turen: The international Olympiad on the languages and cultures of the Evenki of Russia and the Oroqen of China as a stimulus for scholarly research and language revitalization

Sociolingvistika
The reader is presented with the experience of interregional and international cooperation undertaken by Amur State University (AmSU) in organizing the «Turen» Educational Olympiad on the Evenki language of the Russian Federation and the Oroqen language ...
O. N. Morozova, L. Grenoble
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On The Origin of Nominalizing Suffixes Derived From Verbs in The Altaic Languages

American Journal Of Philological Sciences
This article explores the nominalizing suffixes derived from verbs in the Altaic languages, specifically focusing on Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic-Manchu, and Korean languages. It examines the verb-to-noun derivational affixes in the Turkic languages as the
S. Usmanova
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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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Amuric-Tungusic language contact and the Amuric homeland

2023
Amuric (or Nivkh) is a shallow language family spoken on the Lower Amur and Sakhalin and with no apparent affiliation to other language families. As a consequence. reconstructing its more distant past has so far proven difficult. Conversely, extensive and prolonged borrowing between the Amuric and Ilingusic languages hal long been established.
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