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** Kg: -MIn
 
** Kg: -MIn
 
** Kaa: -MAn
 
** Kaa: -MAn
** Uz: -mAn
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** Uz: -man
 
** (PrTk: -man)
 
** (PrTk: -man)
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* 2nd person singular copula / present-tense verbal "agreement":
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** Kk: -sIn
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** Kg: -sIn
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** Kaa: -sAn
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** Uz: -san
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** (PrTk: -san)
  
 
== Russian vs. Kazakh ==
 
== Russian vs. Kazakh ==

Revision as of 21:23, 27 May 2007

Surface vs written forms

The following words I've heard pronounced in the following ways:

  • jaqsı [ʒɑχsɑ]
  • balıqşı [bɑlɯqʃɑ]
  • Kg: taraza [tɑrɑzɯ]

Cognates

Vocab

  • Kz: qattı 'strong'; Uz: qatta 'big'
  • Kz: injir 'fig'; Uz: änjir 'fig'
  • Kz: pikir 'poor'; fakir 'beggar'
  • Kz: sayasat 'politics'; siyasät
  • Kz: ustara 'razor'; ustura
  • Kz: qaya; Tt: qıya

Functional Morphemes

  • Question Particle:
    • Kz: MA
    • Kg: -BI
    • Uz: -mi
    • Tk: -mI
    • (PrTk, most other Turkic: -mI)
  • 1st person singular copula / present-tense verbal "agreement":
    • Kk: -MIn
    • Kg: -MIn
    • Kaa: -MAn
    • Uz: -man
    • (PrTk: -man)
  • 2nd person singular copula / present-tense verbal "agreement":
    • Kk: -sIn
    • Kg: -sIn
    • Kaa: -sAn
    • Uz: -san
    • (PrTk: -san)

Russian vs. Kazakh

Kazakh/Russian versions of the same words (toponyms, mostly):

  • Kz: Qarağandı, Ru: Karagandá
  • Kz: Almatı, Ru: Almatá/Almatý
  • Kz: Jambıl/Jambal??, Ru: Jambýl