The development of the Mongolic affricate consonant ǰ- in the Mongolic elements of Taiga Sayan Turkic

This paper focuses on the development of Mongolic initial affricate ǰ- occurring in Taiga Sayan Turkic varieties’ Mongolic loanwords. The change, preservation or adaptation according to Turkic rules clearly shows whether the Mongolic loanword was borrowed in an early or later period, providing thus valuable information for the periodization of borrowed Mongolic elements and, furthermore, for the develop- ment of Taiga Sayan Turkic languages.