Ebook: Long vowels in Mongolic loanwords in Tuvan

Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004. Turkic Languages Vol 8, 191-197.The paper presents results of an investigation of Mongolic loanwords found in Tuvan, attempting to establish at what time and from which Mongolic language the words have been borrowed. The loanwords can be divided into archaic, Oirat (including Kalmyk), Buryat and Khalkha layers, but a classification according to these layers sometimes encounters difficulties. The author shows that the long vowels of the Mongolic loanwords in Tuvan can help solve the problems concerning the different layers.