Chapter 7. Comparative consequences of the tongue root harmony analysis for proto-Tungusic, proto-Mongolic, and proto-Korean

Ko, Seongyeon; W. Joseph, Andrew; Whitman, John

doi:10.1075/slcs.161.13ko

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Chapter 7. Comparative consequences of the tongue root harmony analysis for proto-Tungusic, proto-Mongolic, and proto-Korean

Published in Studies in language companion series • Sep 22, 2014

Authors:

Seongyeon Ko

Andrew W. Joseph

John Whitman

Abstract

This paper examines the role of retracted tongue root ([RTR]) harmony in Northeast Asian areal and genetic relationships. Recent research has suggested that at least three of the families grouped together as Altaic by Poppe (1960) – Korean, Mongolic, and Tungusic (KMT) – should be reconstructed with...

Subject

Harmony (color)

Vowel harmony

Linguistics

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