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The Arctic Altaic Languages

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Abstract

Background. This article is about the Arctic Altaic languages: Yakut, Dolgan, Evenki and Even. A relationship between Yakut and Dolgan, Evenki and Even is discussed. The Yakuts, Dolgans, Evenks and Evens are the ethnoses of the North-East of Eurasia and inhabit in Arctic along the Yenisei, Khatanga, Anabar, Olenyok, Lena, Yana, Indigirka, Alazeya, Kolyma, Anadyr rivers. The number of the Yakuts is 478085 people in Russia that of the Dolgans – 7885, the Evenks – 37843, the Evens – 22383.

Materials and Methods. Research materials are the words of the Leipzig–Jakarta list of the languages considered in the paper. In this survey the comparative method is used as the main method. The quantitative method is applied to count the similarities and discrepancies in the Leipzig-Jakarta list of the languages. The research is conducted involving genetic and historical data as well.

Discussions. Some scholars believe that Dolgan originated as a result of divergence from Yakut. Others argue that Dolgan emerged as a result of the convergence of Yakut and Evenki. The origin of Even is also discussed in a similar way. Some scholars believe that Even and Evenki occurred as a result of a split of Tungus. Others argue that Even originated as a result of the convergence of Evenki and Yukaghir.

Conclusions. Authors conclude that Dolgan originated as a result of the convergence of Yakut and Evenki, Even occurred as a result of a split from of the Tungus language.

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Abbreviations

dol.:

Dolgan

ev.:

Even

even.:

Evenki

mong.:

Mongolic

mo.:

Written Mongolian

kh.:

Khalkha

rus.:

Russian

tu.:

Tungusic

tu.-ma.:

Tungus-Manchuric

turk.:

Turkic

yak.:

Yakut

yuk.:

Yukaghir

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    Innokentiy N. Novgorodov

  2. The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

    Tatyana S. Nazmutdinova, Aleksandr A. Petrov & Lyubov’ Zh. Zaksor

  3. The Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, 677007, Russia

    Elena V. Nesterova

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Novgorodov, I.N., Nazmutdinova, T.S., Petrov, A.A., Zaksor, L.Z., Nesterova, E.V. (2020). The Arctic Altaic Languages. In: Anikina, Z. (eds) Integrating Engineering Education and Humanities for Global Intercultural Perspectives. IEEHGIP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 131. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47415-7_119

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