Linguistic Features
The following features refer to the outcome of commonly used Turkic isoglosses in Northern Altai.
- */ag/ ā Proto-Turkic */ag/ is found in three variations throughout Northern Altai: /u/, /aw/, /aŹ/.
- */eb/ ā Proto-Turkic */eb/ is found as either /yj/ or /yg/, depending on the variety.
- */VdV/ ā With a few lexical exceptions (likely borrowings), proto-Turkic intervocalic */d/ results in /j/.
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