TUNGUS ANTHROPONYMS IN THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR LANGUAGE

This article represents one of the results of the in the first time carried out in Yukaghir studies accumulation of foreign-language onomastic material in language and culture of the Tundra Yukaghirs living in the lower Kolyma in Yakutia. Languages of Tunguses and Yukaghirs complemented one another and were in interaction that has provided their successful cultural development. Under the influence of the Tungus languages the lexical and phonemic structure of the Yukaghir language was replenished. Also anthroponymic processes were no exception. This article aimed at description and analysis of the proper nouns adopted by Tundra Yukaghirs from the Evenki and Even languages. Etymological and integration features of the revealed anthroponyms are presented.