Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak
Abstract This paper examines the possibility that the earlier homeland of the Ghilyak language(s), collectively identified as the Amuric language family and today spoken in the Lower Amur basin and on the island of Sakhalin, was located further south in Central Manchuria. It may be assumed that the...
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crbrillap:10.1163/25898833-00410017 2023-06-06T11:58:54+02:00 Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak Janhunen, Juha A. 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25898833-00410017 https://brill.com/view/journals/jeal/4/1/article-p23_3.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/jeal/4/1/article-p23_3.xml unknown Brill International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics volume 4, issue 1, page 23-40 ISSN 2589-8825 2589-8833 journal-article 2022 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/25898833-00410017 2023-04-14T13:48:56Z Abstract This paper examines the possibility that the earlier homeland of the Ghilyak language(s), collectively identified as the Amuric language family and today spoken in the Lower Amur basin and on the island of Sakhalin, was located further south in Central Manchuria. It may be assumed that the Amuric linguistic lineage moved northwards along the Sungari-Amur basin under the pressure of the Tungusic languages spreading from the south along the same route. It is possible that traces of the former presence of Amuric in Central Manchuria are preserved in the names of the large rivers of the region, notably the Sungari and Ussuri. It is also possible to postulate a political context for the linguistic expansions of both Amuric and Tungusic in the framework of protohistorical Manchuria. In this framework, the origins of the Amuric language family may with some likelihood be linked to Puyŏ, the first historically known political state in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakhalin Tungusic languages Brill (via Crossref) International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 4 1 23 40 |
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Abstract This paper examines the possibility that the earlier homeland of the Ghilyak language(s), collectively identified as the Amuric language family and today spoken in the Lower Amur basin and on the island of Sakhalin, was located further south in Central Manchuria. It may be assumed that the Amuric linguistic lineage moved northwards along the Sungari-Amur basin under the pressure of the Tungusic languages spreading from the south along the same route. It is possible that traces of the former presence of Amuric in Central Manchuria are preserved in the names of the large rivers of the region, notably the Sungari and Ussuri. It is also possible to postulate a political context for the linguistic expansions of both Amuric and Tungusic in the framework of protohistorical Manchuria. In this framework, the origins of the Amuric language family may with some likelihood be linked to Puyŏ, the first historically known political state in the region. |
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Janhunen, Juha A. Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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Amuric Hydronyms in Manchuria and the Puyŏ Connection of Ghilyak |
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amuric hydronyms in manchuria and the puyŏ connection of ghilyak |
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