Abstract
Abstract This paper reviews 98 etymologies for which a Proto-Tungusic reconstruction with a long vowel has been suggested. It is shown that primary long vowels in non-first syllables are preserved only in the Ewenic branch of Tungusic. On the other hand, a number of the diphthongs in Southern Tungusic must be considered original. Proto-Tungusic had a system of at least five diphthongs.
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