Dolgan naada—a Nominal Predicator and Its History

• Published in: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics
• Main Author: Siegl, Florian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2020
• Subjects: Kolyma; Sakha; Kolyma Yukaghir; Selkup; Tundra; Yukaghir; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25898833-12340018; https://brill.com/view/journals/jeal/1/2/article-p309_4.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/jeal/1/2/article-p309_4.xml

Abstract Several indigenous languages of Siberia have borrowed the Russian deonctic nominal predicator nado (ru: надо). Whereas equivalents of Russian nado can be found in a variety of languages today as the outcome of long-lasting bilingualism, there are several languages which have borrowed nado rather early and most likely already before the Soviet Period. Among these languages are two Turkic languages Dolgan and Sakha, the isolates Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir (Paleosiberian), Central and Southern Selkup (Uralic) and probably Ket (Yeniseian). Although Dolgan naada is undoubtedly of Russian origin, naada replaced an Old Turkic nominal predictor kärgäk which used to appear in a similar predication frame. Therefore, this instance of borrowing classifies as borrowing on the lexical and not on the constructional level.