TUVAN (JUNGAR)
SUMMARY
In Jungar Tuvan (a Western variety spoken in the Altay prefecture of China), converbs in -(V)p and -y head non-finite syntactically subordinate clauses and their subject generally corefers with the subject of the superordinate clause, i.e. they are same-subject converbs (SS-converbs). With converbs clauses headed by the converb in -(V)p, part-whole relations between the subject of the converbial clause and the subject of the superordinate clause also license SS-converbs. Possession must be overtly coded on the possessed subject.
See also Altai, Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, Khalkha Mongolian, Khanty (Eastern), Khanty (Northern), Kirghiz, , Old Turkic, Shor, Tundra Enets, Tundra Nenets, Turkish, Tuvan (Altai), Tuvan (Todža), Udmurt, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yukaghir (Kolyma), Yukaghir (Tundra).
LANGUAGE PROFILE
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- Evidence for the internal status of possessors comes from adnominal genitive case-marking on the possessor, when expressed.
- Possession is also marked directly on the possessed noun, which indexes the person and number of the possessor.
- Prominent possessors appear to occupy the same syntactic position as other possessors within the NP.
KEY SOURCES
Mawkanuli, Talant. 2005. Jungar Tuvan texts. Bloomington: Indiana University Research Bloomington Institute for Inner Asian Studies.
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