Introduction to Altaic philology : : Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu / / by Igor de Rachewiltz and Volker Rybatzki ; with the collaboration of Hung Chin-fu.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 8, Central Asia, v. 20
• Author: Rachewiltz, Igor de.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rybatzki, Volker.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of Uralic studies ; v. 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One. Chuvash–Turkic /; Chapter Two. Mongolian /; Chapter Three. Manchu–Tungus /; Chapter Four. The Altaic Hypothesis /; Bibliography And Abbreviations /; List Of Suffixes And Particles /; General Index /; Texts /; Figures /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283039346; 9786613039347; 9004188894
• ISSN: 0169-8524
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Igor de Rachewiltz and Volker Rybatzki ; with the collaboration of Hung Chin-fu.

There are many excellent books dealing with Old Turkic, Preclassical and Classical Mongolian and Literary Manchu individually, but none providing in a single volume a comprehensive survey of all the three major Altaic languages. The present volume attempts to fill this gap; at the same time it reviews also the much debated Altaic Hypothesis. The book is intended for use by students at university level as well as by general readers with a basic knowledge of linguistics. The 39 language texts analysed in the volume are discussed within their historical and cultural context, thus vastly enlarging the scope of the purely linguistic investigation.