Are Mongolian and Tungus genetically related?

It is no secret that Gerhard Doerfer has argued strongly against a genetic relationship between the Mongolic and Tungusic languages. Ten years ago he presented a detailed analysis of the Mongolo-Tungusic vocabulary (1985). In the following I intend to show that his material allows of a quite differe...

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Main Author: Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/14735
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1156572
http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/14735/art156e.pdf
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Summary:It is no secret that Gerhard Doerfer has argued strongly against a genetic relationship between the Mongolic and Tungusic languages. Ten years ago he presented a detailed analysis of the Mongolo-Tungusic vocabulary (1985). In the following I intend to show that his material allows of a quite different conclusion.