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A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
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A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [TiLDOC], 25
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The Historical Dictionary of Yukaghirhas two main purposes. First,
it is intended as a relatively complete source of information on
the lexicon of Yukaghir. Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir are closely
related, highly endangered languages spoken in the extreme
North-East of Siberia. No modern comprehensive lexicographic
description of these languages is available for the international
linguistic community. The dictionary presents all known varieties
of Yukaghir in comparative format. Some of the materials included
come from published sources, others were obtained by the author
through fieldwork and are published for the first time. The
dictionary also contains examples of now extinct early forms of
Yukaghir, which began to be recorded in the late 17th century.
Second, the dictionary provides a first reconstruction of the
common ancestor of all known Yukaghir varieties. The proto-Yukaghir
stems are established based on internal reconstruction, comparison
between various Yukaghir idioms, and external data. Although the
dictionary does not attempt to provide etymologies for all Yukaghir
words, it includes possible cognates of some Yukaghir stems from
other languages, mainly Uralic and Altaic. Since Yukaghir forms are
not only cited in their modern shape but are reconstructed, the
dictionary will provide a foundation for future etymological work
and contribute to investigating the genetic affiliation of
Yukaghir, usually classified as isolated. The book will also be
useful for linguists interested in the distant genetic relations
between language families and the reconstruction of the ethnic and
linguistic situation in prehistoric northern Asia.
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