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A Grammar of Beserman: Volume 2

A Grammar of Beserman: Volume 2

Arkhangelskiy, Timofey
Usacheva, Maria
Cheremisinova, Maria

Hardcover

Series: Indigenous Languages of Russia, Book 20

Dictionaries & EncyclopediasWriting Instruction

ISBN10: 9004763236
ISBN13: 9789004763234
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 16 2026
Pages: 648
Weight: 2.74
Height: 1.44 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
This volume is part of a set of two volumes. To order the set, please order each volume separately.

Click here for Volume 1

The Soviet authorities denied the Besermans the right to self-identify. For decades, their language was dismissed as merely a dialect of Udmurt, a closely related language spoken by a different ethnic group. Only in 2021 was Beserman officially recognized as a separate language--by then, some fifteen years had already passed since intergenerational transmission had come to an end.
This grammar demonstrates why such recognition matters. Drawing on many years of fieldwork within the Beserman community, it offers a comprehensive portrait of the language: its phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, information structure, and pragmatics. More than 3,700 carefully selected examples bring these features to life and show that Beserman is, beyond doubt, a language worthy of study in its own right.

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