The Rounded «y» and «i» in the Anatri Dialect of Chuvash

Abstract

The article is devoted to the rounded vowels in the Anatri dialect of Chuvash which correspond to the unrounded «y» and «i» in Standard Chuvash. The author found that in some cases these vowels are reflexes of labial vowels оf Proto-Turkic language. In other cases, labial «y» and «i» are the result of secondary labialization.

Keywords

• the chuvash language
• the proto-turkic language
• vocalism
• historical phonetics