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165. Northern Contact: Nivkh, Tungusic, and Manchu
What lexical and structural influences did Nivkh, Tungusic, and Manchu have on Ainu in the Sakhalin/Amur contact zone?
ニヴフ語、ツングース語、満州語は、サハリン・アムール接触地帯のアイヌ語にどのような語彙的・構造的影響を与えたか?
The Sakhalin/Amur contact zone — Nivkh and Tungusic (Uilta/Orok, Nanai)/Manchu lexical and structural contact, with Sakhalin Ainu as the principal locus.
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Sources
| Source | Citations | Without page | Statements |
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| Shiraishi & Tangiku 2022 | 60 | 1 | 25 |
| Janhunen 2022 | 13 | 6 | |
| aynu-corpora Discord 2023–2026 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tangiku 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| Nakagawa 2024 | 3 | 2 | |
| Batchelor 1938 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alonso de la Fuente 2022 | 2 | ||
| Baek 2021 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bugaeva 2016 | 2 | 1 | |
| Murasaki 2025 | 2 | 2 | |
| Satō 2008 | 2 | 1 | |
| Piłsudski 1912 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tamura 1996 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bugaeva 2012 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bugaeva 2022 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ōno 2022 | 1 | 1 |
Related chapters
- Index of Subjects ×6
- The Genetic Position of Ainu: Isolate Status and Macro-Comparison Controversies ×3
- Proto-Ainu Reconstruction: Segments and Accent Classes ×3
- Ainu Loanwords and Toponymy in Japanese ×3
- Japanese Loanwords and Their Phonological Adaptation ×3
- Macro-Comparison and Deep-Contact Controversies ×3
- Hokkaido Dialect Classification and Dialectometry ×2
- Index of Grammatical Morphemes and Affixes ×2
- Internal Reconstruction and Grammaticalization Pathways ×1
- Sakhalin and Kuril Ainu: The External Comparison ×1
Forms mentioned
kaya 5kotan 4san 3tonto 3tunakay 3sintoko 2inaw 2*l- 2kunkutu 2nuso/nuhsu 1nuci 1hankata 1haŋr̥ 1ka 1ha 1sinduχ 1upun 1nikar 1muks 1*r 1*d- 1*tola-ŋa.y 1kaco 1*kaco 1nikubun 1ɲiɣvŋ 1ɲivx 1cʰaŋ 1saan 1hasaha 1haza 1hasami 1ināw 1tanku 1manciw 1canta 1kakan 1nuca 1kawren 1kotankorkur 1
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- In Sakhalin Ainu, wheat flour was called moka, borrowed from Russian muka.樺太アイヌ語では小麦粉をロシア語の muka に由来する moka と呼んだ。asserts ono2022
- ono2022:12.8 asserts checked
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The northern contact zone 3 claims ·9 sentences
Which genealogically unrelated languages occupied Sakhalin and how did they interact?
- On the island of Sakhalin, three genealogically distinct languages—Ainu, Nivkh, and Uilta—came into contact through social and economic activities.サハリン島において、系統を異にする3言語であるアイヌ語、ニヴフ語、ウィルタ語が社会・経済活動を通じて接触した。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.1 asserts checked
- Among the dialects of Ainu, it is the Sakhalin dialect that exhibits the most characteristics in common with Nivkh and Uilta.アイヌ語の諸方言のなかで、ニヴフ語やウィルタ語と共通する特徴を最も多く示すのは樺太方言である。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.2 reports checked
- The central region of Sakhalin, where the Ainu contacted the Nivkh and Uilta, may have developed a unique language use situation distinct from other regions of the island.アイヌがニヴフやウイルタと接触した樺太中央部は、他の地域とは異なる独特の言語使用状況を発達させた可能性がある。proposes shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.4 proposes checked
Ainu–Nivkh contact: the lexical layer 15 claims ·16 sentences
How can the direction of lexical borrowing between Ainu and Nivkh be determined?
- The form Sumer-en-kur is an exonym used by the Ainu for the Amur Ghilyak.語形 Sumer-en-kur は、アイヌがアムール・ギリヤークを指すのに用いる他称詞である。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.2 asserts checked
- Ainu tunakay 'reindeer' reflects early lexical interaction with Nivkh, having been borrowed from Pre-Proto-Ghilyak *tola-ŋa.y 'pulling animal'.アイヌ語 tunakay「トナカイ」はギリヤーク語(ニヴフ語)との初期の語彙接触を反映しており、プレ祖ギリヤーク語 *tola-ŋa.y「引く動物」からの借用である。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.3 asserts checked
- Some settlements on Sakhalin had names in both Ainu and Nivkh, such as Ainu Poro kotan and Nivkh Pile vo, both meaning 'big settlement'.サハリンの集落にはアイヌ語の Poro kotan とニヴフ語の Pile vo(いずれも「大集落」の意)のように、2言語で並行する地名をもつものがあった。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.2 asserts checked
- Sakhalin Ainu nuso or nuhsu 'dog sled' is a borrowing from Nivkh nuci.樺太アイヌ語のnuso / nuhsu(犬ぞり一式)はニヴフ語nuciからの借用である。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 reports checked
- Nivkh [t] corresponds to Sakhalin Ainu [r] in loanwords between the two languages, as in Nivkh maxt to Sakhalin Ainu mahru 'towline spreader' and Nivkh mut to Sakhalin Ainu muhru 'pillow'.ニヴフ語の[t]と樺太アイヌ語の[r]の対応は、ニヴフ語maxtと樺太アイヌ語mahru(手綱よけ)、あるいはニヴフ語mutと樺太アイヌ語muhru(枕)に見られるように、両言語間の借用語における一般的な対応である。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
- Ainu san 'shelf for offerings' is hypothesized to share an origin with Nivkh cʰaŋ and Uilta saan 'shelf, stand'.アイヌ語のsan(神への捧げ物を置く棚)は、ニヴフ語cʰaŋおよびウイルタ語saan(棚、台)と同一起源であると仮定される。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 reports checked
- Sakhalin Ainu juuru 'bow used in trap' is shared with Nivkh jur and is absent from Hokkaido Ainu.樺太アイヌ語のjuuru(仕掛け弓の弓部)はニヴフ語jurと共通しており、北海道アイヌ語には見られない。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
- Sakhalin Ainu tuna(-san-nis) 'harpoon (entire)' is considered a loan from Nivkh tʰla or kʰla, exhibiting the sound correspondence [tʰl] > [tu].樺太アイヌ語のtuna(-san-nis)(銛一式)はニヴフ語のtʰla、kʰlaからの借用と考えられ、[tʰl] > [tu]という音変化を示している。proposes shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 proposes checked
- Sakhalin Ainu hankata 'birch bark plate' was borrowed from Nivkh haŋr̥.樺太アイヌ語のhankata(白樺樹皮皿)はニヴフ語haŋr̥からの借用である。proposes shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 proposes checked
- Nivkh ɲŋar̥ 'ladder' was possibly borrowed from Sakhalin Ainu nikar, where the loss of the unaccented first syllable reflects the second-syllable accent of nikar.ニヴフ語ɲŋar̥(梯子)は樺太アイヌ語nikarからの借用の可能性があり、nikarが第2音節にアクセントをもつため無アクセントの語頭母音が脱落したと考えられる。proposes shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 proposes checked
- In Nivkh, lexical borrowings in common with Ainu are comparatively few, suggesting that language contact along the north-south axis of Sakhalin was local and limited.ニヴフ語においてアイヌ語と共通する借用語は比較的少なく、樺太の南北軸に沿った言語接触が局所的かつ限定的であったことを示唆している。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.4 asserts checked
- The Poronaisk dialect of Nivkh exceptionally has a large number of loanwords in common with Ainu compared to other Nivkh dialects, supporting the localized nature of contact between the two languages.ニヴフ語の方言の中でポロナイスク方言は例外的にアイヌ語と共通の借用語を多く有しており、両言語間の接触の局所性を裏付けている。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.4 asserts checked
- Thirty-one loanwords are identified as common across Ainu, Nivkh, and Uilta on Sakhalin.樺太においてアイヌ語、ニヴフ語、ウイルタ語に共通する借用語として31語が同定される。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.4 asserts checked
Tungusic, Manchu, and the Santan trade 6 claims ·16 sentences
What role did the Santan trade play in transmitting Manchu and Tungusic vocabulary to Ainu?
- Sakhalin Ainu numeral tanku '100' is a borrowing from Tungusic.樺太アイヌ語の数詞 tanku「100」はツングース諸語からの借用語である。asserts tangiku2022proposes nakagawa2024
- nakagawa2024:468 proposes checked
- tangiku2022:9.3 asserts checked
- The form Orakata is an exonym used by the Ainu for the Amur Tungus.語形 Orakata は、アイヌがアムール・ツングースを指すのに用いる他称詞である。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.2 asserts checked
- The Ainu noun 'ináw 'ritual shavings' is shared with neighbouring languages of Sakhalin and the Amur basin and is of Tungusic origin.アイヌ語の名詞 'ináw「削り掛け」は樺太およびアムール川流域の近隣言語と共有されており、ツングース諸語起源である。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.3 asserts checked
- Sakhalin Ainu tonkori 'stringed musical instrument' is thought to be a loan from Manchu.樺太アイヌ語のtonkori(弦楽器)は満洲語からの借用語であると考えられている。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 reports checked
- On the west coast of Sakhalin, Ainu uses the Uilta loanword wampakka for 'mittens', whereas on the east coast the word matumere is used.樺太西海岸のアイヌ語では「ミトン」にウイルタ語からの借用語wampakkaが用いられるのに対し、東海岸ではmatumereという語が用いられる。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
What reached Hokkaido 1 claims ·7 sentences· 2 examples
Which northern loanwords with clear reflexes in Hokkaido Ainu have been identified?
- Ainu kaya refers to both fish-skin clothing and sails in Sakhalin and Hokkaido, though in Hokkaido dialects the 'fish-skin' sense has bleached and it refers simply to sails.アイヌ語のkayaは樺太および北海道において魚皮衣と帆の双方を指すが、北海道方言では「魚皮」の意味が脱落して単に「帆」を指す単語になっている。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts anchored
Structural contact and the Sprachbund question 2 claims ·7 sentences
Did Sakhalin Ainu, Nivkh, and Tungusic languages form a Sprachbund?
- The innovative V-poss form in Sakhalin Ainu may have developed under the influence of Tungusic languages spoken in Sakhalin (especially Uilta).樺太アイヌ語の革新的なV-poss形式は、樺太で話されていたツングース系言語(特にウィルタ語)の影響下で発達した可能性がある。proposes bugaeva2016
- bugaeva2016 proposes checked
Evidence base and its limits 1 claims ·11 sentences
What are the main limitations of the evidence for northern contact influences on Ainu?
- Ainu loanwords borrowed into other languages of Sakhalin were very rarely transmitted to the Asian continent.サハリンの他の言語に借用されたアイヌ語の単語のうち、大陸に伝わったものはきわめて少ない。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.2 reports checked