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Tungusic historical linguistics and the Buyla (a.k.a. Nagyszentmiklós) inscription

Publication date: 11.03.2015

Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 17 - 46

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843836SE.15.002.2788

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José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Universidad del País Vasco, Vitoria, Spain; Barrio Sarriena, s/n, 48940 Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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Tungusic historical linguistics and the Buyla (a.k.a. Nagyszentmiklós) inscription

Abstract

This paper presents a proper linguistic assessment of the Tungusic reading of the Buyla inscription, as proposed by the late Eugene Helimski (1950–2007) who believed that one of the languages spoken by the European Avars was Tungusic. The main conclusion is that the Tungusic reading should be rejected. This outcome partly agrees with the communis opinio whereby the Buyla inscription hides a(n unidentified so far) Turkic language.

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Information: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 17 - 46

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
Tungusic historical linguistics and the Buyla (a.k.a. Nagyszentmiklós) inscription
English:
Tungusic historical linguistics and the Buyla (a.k.a. Nagyszentmiklós) inscription

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Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Universidad del País Vasco, Vitoria, Spain; Barrio Sarriena, s/n, 48940 Leioa, Biscay, Spain

Published at: 11.03.2015

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