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Peer reviewedWhaley, Lindsay J.; Grenoble, Lenore A.; Li, Fengxiang – Language, 1999
Demonstrates that two Tungusic languages, Evenki and Oroqen, that have long been treated as a single language for classification purposes, are better treated as distinct linguistic varieties. Fundamental questions are raised about the current classification of Tungusic languages and a renewed examination is suggested of the role of dialect…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, Language Classification, Language Variation
