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Reconstructing phonetics behind the graphic system of Evenki texts from the Rychkov archive
- Source :
- Rhema. Рема, Iss 2, Pp 46-64 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Moscow Pedagogical State University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, 2021.
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Abstract
- This paper discusses the graphic system of manuscripts by Konstantin Rychkov (ca. 1910) containing texts in several dialects of Evenki (Tungusic) with Russian translation. The letters г and һ arguably denote voiced velars or post-velars, stops and fricatives alike. The former is only used before front vowels, the latter otherwise. The letter һ is also found quite often in place of the velar nasal. Palatalization is denoted by three means: a dedicated diacritic after the consonant, an umlaut on the vowel, or the vowel і/ы alternation. Russian letters for hissing sibilants were substituted with Latin ones by Rychkov, which might reflect a different (“lisping”) pronounciation. A special diacritic under sibilants and б probably indicates semi-voicing.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25002953
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Rhema. Рема
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4a81a1c6fb6f13dab91eb998968ec7b8