Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/bi

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 This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Reconstruction

Nugteren derives earlier *bï by comparison with other first-person pronouns, but all descendants clearly derive from *bi and some authorities even reject *ï as a separate phoneme.

Etymology

Compare Proto-Turkic *bẹ and Proto-Tungusic *bi. Compare Turkish ben, Evenki би (bi).

Whether this similarity is due to inheritance (now considered highly unlikely), borrowing or coincidence is a highly contentious question among specialists in these languages which is of crucial significance for the Altaic debate.

Pronoun

*bi

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
  • Central Mongolic:
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠢ (bi)
      • Khalkha Mongolian: би (bi)
    • Buryat: би (bi)
    • Khamnigan Mongol: би
    • Ordos: /bi/
    • Oirat:
  • South Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: bu
    • Shirongolic:
      • Monguor:
        • Mangghuer: bi
        • Mongghul: bu
      • Bonan: be
      • Kangjia: bi
      • Dongxiang: bi
  • Daur: bii
  • Mogholi: bi

References

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 281
  • Janhunen, Juha (2013) Personal pronouns in Core Altaic. In Shared Grammaticalization With Special Focus on the Transeurasian Languages , Martine Robbeets & Hubert Cuyckens (eds)
  • Schütz, Edmond (1974) Remarks On Altaic Personal Pronouns. In Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Vol. 28, No. 1
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