On the Uralic Verbal Personal (*)k-Marker
On the Uralic Verbal Personal (*)k-Marker

Summary/Abstract: In case of Uralic verbal personal (*)k-markers we can probably come across very little etymologically common suffix-material inherent to all the Uralic language group and at times they may prove to be of Altaic origin altogether. The occurance of Uralic verbal personal singular (*)k-markers can be presented as follows: Saamic 2P Mordvin 2P Mari 3P Komi 1P Udmurt 1P 3P Hungarian 1P 3P Selkup 1P 3P In Saamic there was possibly a genuine *t instead of * k; in Mari, Komi and Udmurt k occurs only in negative auxiliary verbs and these negative auxiliary verbs may descend from Altaic languages; Selkup had possibly a genuine *ŋ instead of * k.

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