Development of the Ural sonorous system in the Mordovian (Moksha and Erzya) languages
O. E. Polyakov N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
N. V. Letkina N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
Abstract
Introduction: the article considers the development of the Uralic sonorous consonants in the common Mordovian, modern Mordovian (Moksha and Erzya) languages and their dialects. Information about the use of a group of these consonants in modern Moksha and Erzya word forms is also considered. Taking into account the research of the leading Finno-Ugric experts, the authors of the article express their opinion on the appearance of deaf sonorous consonants R, R’, L, L’, J used in the modern Moksha language along with the sonorous consonants r, r’, l, l’, j. The specifi development of the Ural ŋ in the common Mordovian, Moksha and Erzya languages is described.
Objective: to give a complete picture of the development of the ancient Ural sonorous consonants in the common Mordovian, Moksha and Erzya languages.
Research materials: ancient system of sonorous consonants in the proto-Uralic language (data presented in the works of P. Sammallahti, Z. Keresztes, L. P. Gruzov, as well as in various dictionaries), and sonorous consonants in the common Mordovian, Moksha, and Erzya languages.
Results and novelty of the research: the authors consider various points of view of well-known Finno-Ugric scholars (B. Collinder, L. Posti, P. Haidu, P. Sammalahti) about the presence of the system of sonorous in the proto-Uralic language; their development in the common Mordovian, Moksha and Erzya languages is studied. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of «deaf sonorous» consonants in the Moksha language, as well as the use of nasal ŋ in the Mordovian literary languages and their dialects.
The study can be used for teaching the discipline «Historical grammar of Mordovian languages».
The scientific novelty of the research is that the development of the system of sonorous consonants of the proto-Uralic language in the Mordovian languages is studied for the first time.
Key words: Mordovian (Moksha and Erzya) languages, dialects, common Mordovian language, sonorous consonant, velar.
For citation: Polyakov O. E., Letkina N. V. Development of the Ural sonorous system in the Mordovian (Moksha and Erzya) languages // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (3): 526–533.
