Yeniseian Peoples and Languages
A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide
The Kets of Central Siberia are perhaps the most enigmatic of Siberia's aboriginal tribes. Today numbering barely 1,100 souls living in several small villages on the middle reaches of the Yenisei, the Kets have retained much of their ancient culture, as well as their unique language.Genetic studies of the Ket hint at an ancient affinity with Tibetans, Burmese, and other peoples of peoples of South East Asia not shared by any other Siberian people. The Ket language, which is unrelated to any other living Siberian tongue, also appears to be a relic of a bygone linguistic landscape of Inner Asia.Because language isolates such as Ket are of speci…
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- ISBN: 978-1-136-83733-3
- EAN: 9781136837333
- Produktnummer: 16960262
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 391 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'071 KB
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