Alexander Vovin (¿), Directeur d'études, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris, France.

José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente, Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics, Translation Studies and Hungarian Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.

Juha Janhunen, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland.

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface and acknowledgements

Technical notes

List of abbreviations

Chart of the Manchu script

Language map

1. Tungusic as a language family

Ethnic nomenclature

Data and sources

Internal taxonomy

Typological profile

Grammatical framework

References and further reading

2. Early Far Eastern sources on Tungusic

Chinese sources

Japanese sources

Korean sources

References and further reading

3. Early Western sources on Tungusic

Types of sources

Eighteenth century

Nineteenth century

References and further reading

4. Proto-Tungusic

Data and sources

Vowel system

Vowel harmony

Consonant system

Morpheme structure

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal stems

Verbal forms

Syntax

Lexical structure

References and further reading

5. Jurchen

Data and sources

Notational conventions

The writing system

Origin of the Jurchen script

Segmental structure

Nominal forms

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

6. Written Manchu

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Participles

Converbs

Complex verbal forms

Imperatives

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

List of primary sources

References and further reading

7. Siberian Ewenki

Taxonomic status

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal forms

Verbal functions

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

8. Orochen

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Participles

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

9. Solon

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Imperatives

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

10. Neghidal

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite tense and aspect

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

11. Ewen

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word structure and word classes

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite tense and mood

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Passive and causative

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

12. Oroch

Taxonomic status

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

13. Udihe

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite tense and mood

Converbs

Complex predicates

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

14. Nanai

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

15. Ulcha

Taxonomic status

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Other word classes

Verbal morphology

Voice and aspect

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Other modal forms

Converbs

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

16. Uilta

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Person marking

Verbal morphology

Participles

Finite indicative forms

Imperatives

Converbs

Phrase structure

Sentence types

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

17. Spoken Manchu

Dialectal division

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Complex predicates

Sentence types

Complex sentences

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

18. Sibe

Data and sources

Segmental structure

Phonotactics and morphophonology

Word formation

Number and case

Numerals

Pronouns

Verbal forms

Complex predicates

Syntax

Lexicon and language contacts

References and further reading

19. Sociolinguistic aspects of Tungusic

Demographic background

Legislational status

Data and sources

Ewenki as a supraregional language

Ewen in northeastern Siberia

Amur-Sakhalin region

Tungusic languages in education

Tungusic languages in public spheres

Future prospects

References and further reading

20. Tungusic in time and place

Data and sources

External relationships

Areal position

Protohistorical setting

Stages of expansion

Sic transit gloria

References and further reading

Index