Department of Turkology and Central Asian Studies

Forschungsschwerpunkte



  • Sajantürkische Varietäten in der Mongolei
  • Westmongolische Dialekte
  • Die türkisch-mongolischen Sprachbeziehungen
  • Sprachtypologie und Sprachkontakt
  • Folklore der altaischen Völker


    • Publikationen



  • 2013 “Taiga” vs. Steppe Sayan Turkic varieties in Khövsgöl aymag in Mongolia. In Erdal, M. & Koç, Y. & Cengiz, M. (eds.) Dilleri ve Kültürleri Yok Olma Tehlikesine Maruz Türk Toplulukları konulu 4. Uluslararası Türkiyat Araştırmaları Bildirileri, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Yayınları. 437-442.

  • 2012a Turco-Mongolic relations: the case of particles. In: Erdal, M. & Menz, A. & Nevskaya, I.(eds.) Areal, typological and historical aspects of Siberian Turkic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 105-117.

  • 2012b Etymologische Überlegungen zu einigen Rentiertermini im Sajantürkischen. In: Erdal, M. & Kellner-Heinkele, B. & Ragagnin, E. & Schönig, C. (eds.) Botanica und Zoologica in der Türkischen Welt. Festschrift für Ingeborg Hauenschild. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 133-140.

  • 2012c (ed. & Erdal, M. & Kellner-Heinkele, B. & Schönig, C.) Botanica und Zoologica in der Türkischen Welt. Festschrift für Ingeborg Hauenschild. (Turcologica 90.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

  • 2012d Turkic substrates in Darkhat-Mongolian. In: Tumortogoo, D. (ed.) Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Mongolists, Volume I: Prehistoric and historical periods of Mongolia’s relations with various civilizations, Ulaan Baatar. 291-295.

  • 2012e Review of: Khabtagaeva, B. 2009. Mongolic elements in Tuvan. (Turcologica 81.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Orientalische Literaturzeitung 107 (2012) 4-5.

  • 2012f Kuzey Moğolistan Duhaları: ‘kayıp olmayan’ türkofon bir halk / The Dukhas of northern Mongolia: a ‘not lost’ turcophone people. Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi 2012/1, 85-101. [http://dergi.tehlikedekidiller.com/index.php/TDD/article/view/30/12]

  • 2011 Dukhan, a Turkic variety of Northern Mongolia: Description and Analysis. (Turcologica 76.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

  • 2010 [Rezension von:] Başgöz, I. 2008. Hikâye. Turkish folk romance as performance art. Bloomington: Indiana University. Fabula 51, 324-326.

  • 2010a Some observations on the fortis:lenis opposition of consonants in Sayan Turkic. In: Boeschoten, H. & Rentzsch, J. (eds.) Turcology in Mainz/Turkologie in Mainz. (Turcologica 82.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 201-208.

  • 2010b Adverbs in Sayan Turkic. In: Ay, S. & Aydın, Ö. & Ergenç, İ. & Gökmen, S. & İşsever, S. & Peçenek, D. (eds.) Essays on Turkish Linguistics Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, August 6-8, 2008. (Turcologica 79.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 431-438.

  • 2010c Traces of Old Turkic ančïp and ïnčïp in Altaic languages. In: Kirchner, M. & Kappler, M. & Zieme, P. (eds.) Trans-Turkic Studies. Festschrift in Honour of Marcel Erdal. (Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi 49.) Istanbul. 299-314.

  • 2010d C’era una volta il fiume Höömey: leggendarie origini del canto armonico tuvino-mongolo. In: Costantini, V. & Kappler, M. (eds.) Sûzişât-i mü’ellefe. Contaminazioni e spigolature turcologiche. Scritti in onore di Giampiero Bellingeri. Crocetta del Montello (TV): Terra Ferma. 313-317.

  • 2010e O nekatoryx osobennostjax sajano-tjurkskix narečij severnoj Mongolii. In: Bičeldej K. A. (ed.) Tuvinskaja pis’mennost’ i voprosy issledovanija pis’mennostej i pis’mennyx pamjatnikov Rossii i central’no-aziatskogo regiona. Materialy meždunarodnoj naučnoj konferencii, posvjaščennoj 80-letiju tuvinskoj pis’mennosti 1-4 ijulja 2010 g. Kyzyl. Tuvinskij Institut gumanitarnyx issledovanij pri Pravitel’stve Respubliki Tyva. 140-145.

  • 2009a How to make a tasty hïyma. In: Csató, É. Á. & Ims, G. & Parslow, J. & Thiesen, F. & Türker, E. (eds.) Turcological letters to Bernt Brendemoen. Oslo: Novus Press. 259-266.

  • 2009b Sajantürkische Varietäten in der Nord-Mongolei. In: Trofimova, S. M. et al. (Hgg.) Problemy mongolovednyx i altaističeskix issledovanij. Meždunarodnaja naučnaja konferencija, Elista, 11-13 Nojabrja 2009 g. (K yubileju professora V. I. Rassadina). Kalmyckij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet. Naučnyj centr mongolovednyx i altaističeskix issledovanij: Elista. 245-247.

  • 2009c A rediscovered low-land Tofan variety. Turkic Languages 13, 225-245.

  • 2008 (& Ağcagül, S.) Türkische Volksmärchen. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.

  • 2006a The position of Dukhan among the Tuvan dialects. In: Erdal, M. & Nevskaya, I. (eds.) Exploring the Eastern Frontiers of Turkic. (Turcologica 60.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 153-156.

  • 2006b (& Johanson, L.) Central Asia and Mongolia/Zentralasien und Mongolei. In: Ammon, U. & Dittmar, N. & Mattheier, K. J. & Trudgill, P. (eds.) Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society / Ein internationales Handbuch zur Wissenschaft von Sprache und Gesellschaft. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1889-1897.

  • 2004 [Rezension von:] Cannon, G. & Kaye, A. S. 2001.The Persian Contribution to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary. Oriente Moderno 2004/3. 755-757.

  • 2000 The Turkic Dukha of northern Mongolia. Turkic Languages 4, 276-277.


  • (im Druck) Who invented throat-singing? In: Proceedings of the 52nd PIAC conference “Myth and mystery in the Altaic world”, July 26-31, 2009, Huhhot, China. Huhhot.

  • (im Druck) Secluded in the valleys of Kubsugul and forgotten in Mongolian libraries:
    The Uyghur-Uriankhay language and its speakers. In: Proceedings of the 53rd PIAC conference “Unknown treasures of the Altaic world in libraries, archives and museums”, July 25-30, 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz.

  • (im Druck) The concept of death in Turco-Mongolic shamanism: ‘To die’ in ancient Turkic and Mongolic sources and their reflexes in modern Turkic languages of Mongolia. In: Proceedings of the Workshop “Tra quattro paradisi. Esperienze, ideologie e riti relativi alla morte tra Est e Ovest / Among four Paradises. Experiences, ideologies and rituals about death between East and West, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, 10-11 Novembre 2011. 49-59.

  • (im Druck) Is “vampire” a Turkic word? In: Proceedings of the Workshop “Tra quattro paradisi. Esperienze, ideologie e riti relativi alla morte tra Est e Ovest / Among four Paradises. Experiences, ideologies and rituals about death between East and West, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, 10-11 Novembre 2011. 60-70.

  • (im Druck) (& S. AĞCAGÜL) Çocuk tekerlemeleri / Türkische Kinderreime. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (DTV): München.

  • (in Kürze erscheinend) Lezioni di turcologia: Il turco antico. Udine: Forum.