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Cyrillic Alphabet
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Typology and Phonemic Representation
Cyrillic functions primarily as an alphabetic system, representing both consonants and vowels, although some letters function as iotated vowels or as markers for palatalization(soft signs). The structure is generally regular, but the script's application across diverse language families—from Slavic to Mongolic… -
Labial Harmony
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Labial harmony is a type of vowel harmony constraint found in certain languages, most famously in the Mongolic languages and Turkic languages language families, where the rounding or unrounding of vowels in a word is conditioned by the presence of a labial consonant or a specific class of vowel in the root morpheme. This phonological agreement ensures a consistent articulatory profile across the word, which is hypothesized to reduce cognitive lo…
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Proto Mongolic Peoples
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The Proto-Mongolic peoples are the hypothetical early speakers of the Proto-Mongolic language, the unattested ancestor of all modern Mongolic languages, including Mongolic (Khalkha)/), Buryat, and Oirat. Linguistic paleontology, particularly focusing on reconstructed root words for specific domesticated fauna, suggests a homeland situated generally within the [Trans-Baikal region](/ent…