The sound systems investigations of the Siberian peoples’ languages by the latest research techniques

The complex interdisciplinary investigation being carried out by the workers of three SB RAS Institutes is in agreement with the efforts of the world sci-entific society aimed at preserving the minority languages as a constituent part of a biological, cultural and linguistic unity. Obtained for the first time by us-ing the up-to-date techniques of the magnetic-resonance tomography, digital roentgenography and laryngoscopy and reported to the scientific society have been the objective experimental-phonetic data on the endangered languages. A computer database of the phonetics of the indigenous ethnic groups of Siberia and the neighbouring regions has been formed, somatic tuning parameters have been revealed and a typology of the articulatory-acoustic bases is being devel-oped.

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