Cross-Linguistic Studies on Samoyedic Languages

This book provides a comparative study of the Samoyedic languages, a branch of the Uralic language family. It explores grammatical variation across the six Samoyedic languages: Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup, Kamas, and Mator. The study takes a synchronic, typological perspective, highlighting structural diversity rather than historical reconstruction. Based on primary and secondary data, the book contributes to typological research and the documentation of endangered languages. Key topics include phonetic variation, case marking, number marking, and auxiliary constructions. In addition to examining language-internal structures, it discusses patterns of variation across dialects and the implications for the classification of Samoyedic within Uralic. By focusing on underrepresented linguistic structures, this study offers new insights into comparative linguistics and the diversity of the Uralic language family, making it a valuable resource for linguists, typologists, and scholars in Uralic studies and language documentation.