Cultural interaction of Turkic peoples in Siberia affirmed by their lexical data: Lexical set “Musical instruments”

The paper highlights the development of cultural ties between the Turkic peoples of Siberia using the analysis of musical instruments’ names. A fund of lexical units has been formed of the Khakas, Shor, Teleut, Altai, Tuva, Tofalar, Yakut terms. The research has resulted in the classification of the items into three parts: the first part of lexemes is represented in all languages under investigation, the second part belongs to a group of languages, and the third includes the units of a particular language. Overall, the names of musical instruments in the Siberian Turkic languages make up opposition to the Western and Southern Turkic, which have a considerable amount of Arabic and Persian musical terms. A few integrative lexemes in the Siberian Turkic are of Chinese origin. These lexemes date to the Old Turkic period. These items are common for the Siberian Turkic and the Western and Southern Turkic. The Siberian Turkic languages undergo differentiation into two main groups. The musical terms are much alike in Khakas, Shor, Teleut. The analogоus items unite Altai, Tuva, Tofalar. The Yakut vocabulary resembles Tuva in some ways. In the languages under analysis, the lexical set “Musical instruments” is not identical. Each language has acquired some special units. A few new terms have been made up in Khakas and Shor. A great number of specific lexemes have been made up in Yakut. Specific lexemes in Tuva have analogs in the Mongolian language. These lexemes refer to the terms of the Buddhist orchestra.

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