Forest Enets and Tundra Enets : how different are they and why?

With this paper, we aim to summarize linguistic facts on the similarity or the difference between the two Enets lects. Indeed, a full account of the linguistic differences between the two Enets has never been provided. Scholars of Enets have referred to a handful of evident diverging reflexes of Pro...

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Main Authors: Khanina, Olesya, Shluinsky, Andrey
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/342418
https://doi.org/10.31885/9789515180858.16
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Summary:With this paper, we aim to summarize linguistic facts on the similarity or the difference between the two Enets lects. Indeed, a full account of the linguistic differences between the two Enets has never been provided. Scholars of Enets have referred to a handful of evident diverging reflexes of Proto-Northern-Samoyed phonemes and a dozen of non-cognate lexemes with identical meanings, without going any further (Prokof’ev 1937; Tereščenko 1966; Helimski 1984/2000). The grammatical features of Forest and Tundra Enets have never been systematically compared.