The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series)

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Synopsis
The Tungusic Languages is a survey of Tungusic, a language family which is seriously endangered today, but which at the time of its maximum spread was present all over Northeast Asia. This volume offers a systematic succession of separate chapters on all the individual Tungusic languages, as well as a number of additional chapters containing contextual information on the language family as a whole, its background and current state, as well as its history of research and documentation. Manchu and its mediaeval ancestor Jurchen are important historical literary languages discussed in this volume, while the other Tungusic languages, around a dozen altogether, have always been spoken by small, local, though in some cases territorially widespread, populations engaged in traditional subsistence activities of the Eurasian taiga and steppe zones and the North Pacific coast. All contributors to this volume are well-known specialists on their specific topics, and, importantly, all the authors of the chapters dealing with modern languages have personal experience of linguistic field work among Tungusic speakers. This volume will be informative for scholars and students specialising in the languages and peoples of Northeast Asia, and will also be of interest to those engaged with linguistic typology, cultural anthropology, and ethnic history who wish to obtain information on the Tungusic languages.
Copyright:
2023

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
544 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317542797
Related ISBNs:
9781315728391, 9781032463940, 9781138845039, 9781315728391, 9781032463940, 9781138845039
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Language Arts
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Edited by:
Alexander Vovin
Edited by:
José Andrés de la Fuente
Edited by:
Juha Janhunen

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