Tuvan Dictionary - Couverture souple

Gregory David Anderson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3895865281 ISBN 13 : 9783895865282

Editeur : LINCOM, 2003

Synopsis

This dictionary consists of approximately 5-6,000 basic vocabulary items of Tuvan, a Turkic language of south central Siberia. The lexicon of Tuvan is charcterized by a larger number of Mongolian loans than in other Turkic languages of southern Siberia. Modern Tuvan has also borrowed extensively from Russian, though less than neighboring Altai-Sa yan Turkic languages. There are also a number of loans in Tuvan from Chinese, Tibetan, and even Sanskrit, though usually through a Mongolian intermediary; these words are predominantly in the religious or political spheres, or refer to cultural items diffused from those areas. Finally there are a small number of words in Tuvan from other, now extinct (and in part assimilated to Tuvan linguistically), languages belonging to the Yeniseian and Samoyed families. Thus, the lexicon of Tuvan reflects the diverse and complex history of socio-cultural contacts of the Tuvan people.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LINCOM
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3895865281
• ISBN 13: 9783895865282
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible