UID:
almahu_9949846684702882
Format:
1 online resource (752 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-055621-9
Series Statement:
The World of Linguistics [WOL] Series ; v.10.1
Content:
The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia is a comprehensive study of every native language family and sub-family traditionally spoken by the indigenous peoples of Siberia and Asia’s North Pacific Rim. The book provides authoritative descriptions of major language groups including Uralic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic families, as well as smaller families such as Ainu, Yeniseian, Yukaghir, and Amuric. It also explores topics like verb indexing, nominal case systems, vowel harmony systems, and language loss and endangerment in these regions. This book aims to enhance the accessibility to linguistic information about this often overlooked region and inspire further studies.
Note:
Intro -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- I Major language groups of Inner Eurasia -- 1 The Turkic language family -- 2 The Mongolic language family -- 3 The Tungusic language family -- 4 The Samoyed languages -- 5 Khanty dialects -- 6 Mansi dialects -- II Microfamilies of Siberia and Asia's North Pacific Rim -- 7 The Yukaghir language family -- 8 The Yeniseian language family -- 9 The Amuric language family -- 10 The Ainuic language family -- 11 The Chukotko-Kamchatkan Languages -- 12 The Eskaleut language family.
Language:
English
