Abstract

Poetry in the Tuvan language (Turkic family, south Siberia) uses a versification system known as strophic alliteration or head-rhyme. The specific pairs of vowels and consonants that are licensed to rhyme with each other shed light on several features of Tuvan phonology which are not immediately obvious from other areas of Tuvan grammar. The present research demonstrates the usefulness of studying poetic features of oral literature for the sake of advancing linguistic analysis.

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