Фонетические особенности сунтарского говора якутского языка (на материале диалектологической экспедиции 2022 г.)

Abstract

This article discusses the phonetic features (characteristics) of the Suntar dialect of the Yakut language by analysing texts - transcribed audio recordings. The aim of this study is to describe the phonetic features of the Suntar dialect of the Yakut language based on the materials of the 2022 dialectological expedition to the Suntarsky District. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the identification of new and confirmation of previously established linguistic facts. As a result, the characteristic features of the Suntar dialect have been confirmed, which are manifested in positions: initial [h]; long vowels in the postposition of the intensifying-supplicatory form of the imperative mood; the influence of the substrate Evenki (Even) language: the use of the consonant [к] (мөксөр vs lit. мөхсөр); the use of back-lingual [г] vs uvular [ҕ] (угус vs lit. оҕус), etc. The manifestation of dialect features (assimilation of consonants, contraction of words), common in all dialects of the Yakut language, has been established. The correspondence of [й] ~ [нь], which is rarely pronounced in the modern Yakut language, has been revealed: куньах vs куйах ‘chain mail’, аньах vs айах ‘mouth’.