Comparative Study of Language and Culture in the Altaic Language Family

Author: Hasbartel
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book is divided into two parts: the upper part is the linguistic research section, and the lower part is the etymological and cultural research section. The linguistic research section mainly compares and studies the historical evolution of plural affixes and numerals and personal pronouns in the Altaic language family. The reason for choosing to study numerals is that the numerals of the Altaic languages are either the same or different. Since common numeral cognates have played a significant role in the study of the genetic relationship of Indo-European languages, based on this experience, Altaic language researchers have also studied the numerals of the Altaic languages, and the result was that the numerals of the Altaic languages do not have a genetic relationship. Regarding this, those who support the Altaic language theory feel puzzled, while those who oppose the Altaic language theory regard it as one of the main reasons for denying the genetic relationship of the Altaic languages. It can be seen that numerals are of great significance to Altaic language research, which has sparked the author's strong interest, leading to some preliminary observations and studies on the relationship between the numerals of the Altaic languages. Personal pronouns are a very ancient type of vocabulary, with subtle changes, such as the stem changes that occur when personal pronouns are declined, the vowel inflection phenomena present in personal pronouns, which are not as standardized as the inflection phenomena in other nouns, as well as inclusive and exclusive forms, etc. These phenomena form the distinctive characteristics of personal pronouns. The decoding and reasonable explanation of these phenomena will greatly help in understanding the early phenomena of Altaic languages.