TUNGUSIC HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND THE BUYLA (a.k.a. NAGYSZENTMIKLÓS) INSCRIPTION
TUNGUSIC HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND THE BUYLA (a.k.a. NAGYSZENTMIKLÓS) INSCRIPTION
Author(s): José Andrés Alonso de la FuenteSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: etymology; philology; medieval history of Asia; historical and comparative linguistics; Tungusic; Hungarian; Avars; migration
Summary/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.
Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia (SEC)
- Issue Year: 20/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 17-46
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English