Ostiacica

Ostiacica. Manuscripta Castreniana, Linguistica V. 175 p. ISBN 978-952-7262-00-9 (print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-01-6 (online/pdf). 50 €.

The Khanty grammar is one of the few materials Castrén was able to publish himself. He collected the material over the course of a few weeks in the summer of 1845 in the Irtyš and Surgut areas, where the southern and eastern dialects of Khanty were spoken.

During these weeks, he outlined the Khanty grammar in Swedish and his companion Johan Reinhold Bergstadi translated it into German. After Castrén returned from his journey in 1849, he was able to check the German translation and oversee the printing of the book. In this critical edition, most of the commentary is made based on the printed book, which is here translated into English. There are only minor comments on the differences between the printed version and the manuscript, as Castrén seemingly had control over the printing process, and thus the printed version can be regarded as his own synthesis of the grammatical and lexical notes. The commentaries are made on the basis of best modern knowledge of Khanty. In this volume, a brief modern grammar of Khanty is also presented, focusing on the Irtyš and Surgut dialects.

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Contents

Manuscripta Castreniana: A General Preface to the Series by Juha Janhunen

Editor’s Foreword by Ulla-Maija Forsberg

Short Grammatical Description of Khanty by Ulla-Maija Forsberg

Matthias Alexander Castrén: Attempt at an Ostyak Grammar with a Short Word List
Edited and commentary by Ulla-Maija Forsberg

Preface
I Phonetics (Sounds)
II Morphology
Ostyak Word List

Abbreviations
References

Matthias Alexander Castrén

edited by Ulla-Maija Forsberg

Finno-Ugrian Society

2018

© Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura – Société Finno-Ougrienne – Finno-Ugrian Society & the authors

hardcover, PDF

English, Khanty, Ostyak, ханты ясаӈ, xanti jasaŋ, қантәɣ ясәӈ, ķantəɣ jasəŋ

ISBN 978-952-7262-00-9 (print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-01-6 (online/pdf)

1845–1849