Evenki is one of nine Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia and Northern China. This volume provides a complete description of the linguistic domain of this language. Evenki is remarkable both for the vast area where it is spoken - from Western Siberia through the Amur region to the shores of the Arctic Ocean to Northern China - and for its number of dialects and sub-dialects. More than two dozen non-finite verb forms are analyzed in detail in sections devoted to subordination, and a variety of postpositions and locative cases fulfilling various adverbial functions are dealt with in relevant...
Evenki is one of nine Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia and Northern China. This volume provides a complete description of the linguistic domain of...