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 primarily compares and studies the historical evolution of plural suffixes 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. Due to the significant role that shared numeral origins play in the study of the genetic relationship of Indo-European languages, Altaic language researchers have also studied the numerals of the Altaic languages. The results concluded that the numerals of the Altaic languages do not share a common origin. This finding has puzzled those who support the Altaic language theory, while those who oppose it have used it as one of the main arguments against the genetic relationship of the Altaic languages. It is clear that numerals are of great significance to Altaic language research, which sparked the author's strong interest and led to some preliminary observations and studies of the relationships between the numerals of the Altaic languages.
Personal pronouns are an extremely ancient type of vocabulary with very subtle variations. For example, the stem changes that occur during the declension of personal pronouns, the vowel inflection phenomena present in personal pronouns, which are not as standardized in other parts of speech, as well as inclusive and exclusive forms. 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.