The Introduction to Altaic Linguistics is designed as a manual for university students. The
first part gives a survey of the Altaic languages i.e. Mongolian Manchu-Tungus
Chuvash-Turkic and Korean and a classification of the Altaic languages and classifications of
languages within each family. The second part presents a brief outline of the history of
studying Altaic linguistics. It also contains a number of bibliographical data and
bibliographies of famous scholars. The third part gives a brief history of the Altaic theory.
The subsequent portions of the book deal with problems of mutual influences of the Altaic
languages (e.g. the Turkic influence of Mongolian) Altaic influences in non-Altaic languages
(e.g. the Turkic influence on Sayan-Samoyed or Mari) non-Altaic influences in Altaic
languages (e.g. Sogdian elements in Turkic) and structural features common to all Altaic
languages.
