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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander VovinPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 1.020kg ISBN: 9781138845039ISBN 10: 1138845035 Pages: 544 Publication Date: 31 August 2023 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAlexander Vovin (†), Directeur d’études, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris, France. José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente, Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics, Translation Studies and Hungarian Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. Juha Janhunen, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |