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https://doi.org/10.14943/101896

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/84905

Alternation Pattern of Suffix-Initial Consonants in the Northeastern Branch of Turkic

日本語

鼻音交替

2022-03-20

Japan Association of Northern Language Studies

Northern Language Studies

12

69-81

This study investigates the alternation patterns found in suffix-initial consonants among Turkic languages of the Northeastern branch. It particularly explores four languages, namely Sakha, Tyvan, Khakas, and Shor. The following conclusions are obtained from the study. First, in Sakha, all the suffix-initial consonants exhibit a nasal-type alternation regardless of their articulatory position. Second, in Tyvan, Khakas, and Shor, the occurrence of the nasal-type alternation is conditioned by articulatory position. All the bilabial suffixes undergo nasal alternation whereas none of the velar suffixes do. Third, in the above three languages, there are two types of alternation in alveolar suffixes. Those that appear with /l/ after a vowel stem undergo nasal alternation, while those that appear with either /d/, /n/, or /z/ after a vowel stem do not. Interestingly, this distinction is reflected in a different way in Sakha, i.e., different initial consonants after vowel stems (/l/ and /t/ respectively). Fourth, the alternation pattern of the ablative suffixes is an exception and shows the difference among the four languages. Fifth, in contrast to the Northwestern Turkic languages, nasal-type alternation is a characteristic of Northeastern Turkic though some Northwestern Turkic languages sporadically have nasal-type alternation, especially with the ablative suffixes.

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