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Mitochondrial genome diversity on the Central Siberian Plateau with particular reference to the prehistory of northernmost Eurasia. [PDF]
The Central Siberian Plateau was the last geographic area in Eurasia to become habitable by modern humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Through a comprehensive dataset of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes retained in the remnats of earlier ("Old")
Stanislav V Dryomov +9 more
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Syntactic Variation in Diminutive Suffixes: Russian, Kolyma Yukaghir, and Itelmen
This article presents a syntactic analysis and comparison of diminutive suffixes in Russian, Kolyma Yukaghir, and Itelmen, three genetically unrelated languages of the Russian Federation. Kolyma Yukaghir and Itelmen are on the verge of extinction.
Olga Steriopolo
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Northeast Siberian astronomical terms [PDF]
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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Distances among Uralic and Other Northern Eurasian Languages [PDF]
The present occurrence or non-occurrence of 46 structural features is analyzed in language groups ranging from Finnic to Eskimo-Aleut. Normalized measures of commonalities and distances between two languages are developed and used for graphical ...
Rein Taagepera, Ago Künnap
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Notes on the Modal Predicator naada in Sakha (from a Taimyr Dolgan Perspective)
This paper addresses the syntax, semantics, and history of the modal deontic predictors naada and tustaax in Sakha and contrasts their use with Sakha's closest linguistic relative Taimyr Dolgan.
Florian Siegl
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Code-Switching in Speech of Tundra Yukaghir: Bi- and Multilingual Repetition
The linguistic repertoire of the tundra Yukaghir-Polylinguals in Lower Kolyma, Yakutia, with a population of approximately 400 and fewer than 50 speakers, is represented by the Yukaghir, Chukchi, Even, Yakut, and Russian languages.
S. N. Kurilova
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Unadapted Foreign Language Insertions in Spoken Language of Tundra Yukaghir
The foreign language insertions in the language of the tundra Yukagirs-polyglots of the Lower Kolyma in Yakutia are considered for the first time. The relevance of the study is primarily dictated by the lack of research on contact phenomena in the ...
S. N. Kurilova
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The article undertakes a comparative analysis of the concept “Snow” in the linguistic and folklore worldview of the indigenous peoples of Yakutia. The purpose of the study is to identify the specific features of representation of this concept in the ...
Aitalina A. Kuzmina
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Studies of History, Language and Culture of Yukaghirs of Yakutia in 1960-1980-ies
On the basis of the analysis of scientific literature and complex of archival material, including those introduced by the author into scientific circulation for the first time, the author presents a pioneer in the domestic historiography attempt of ...
A. A. Suleymanov
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Dramaturgy of N. Kurilov in the Yukagir literature system
The article discusses the plays of the contemporary author N. Kurilov, which raise a number of problems characteristic of Yukagir literature. Poor knowledge of northern literature, the lack of full-fledged research based on materials of modern authors ...
Daria I. Frolkina
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