DOI: 10.7763/IPEDR. 2014. V80. 3 Typological Similarities in Phonetics of French and Tush Languages and Associations with the name of Marie Brosset Arsen Bertlani Department of Georgian Philology Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University Telavi, Georgia Abstract. Comparing Tush and French languages promotes moral reanimation of endangered Tush language, which will contribute its vitality. Any essay on Tush language, connected with Marie-Fé licité Brosset’s name, is one more step towards French orientalist’s thoughts. Comparison of these unkindred languages and underlining parallels between anthroponyms take place here for the first time, which revealed their identity in both languages. Typological analysis of vowel system here’s based on synchronous and diachronic aspects; we meet similarity and difference in forming nasalization of vowels. We use materials collected till present accessible for us from the rich linguistic theory. Typological proximity was revealed in nasalization of vowels. By remembering Brosset, his name’s anew appreciated. This time, we see structural interrelation between them, possible proximity in Phonetics, it’ll be fundamental for the next typological research. Typology of languages with dissimilar structures, origin, history and geography, gives us perspective for revealing new realias in General Phonetics. Keywords: French, Tush, Vowels, Nasalization, Phonetics, Typology, Anthroponomy. 1. Introduction In spite, in any case, it’s essential to make the definition of the term denoting the language to be investigated, the term Tush language is still painful for us maybe according to the natural reason that there are plenty of synonyms connected to the mentioned term in Iberian-Caucasian linguistics even since the soviet period, which caused chaos in linguistic as well as in ethnographic definitions, namely various authors name this language as Tsovatush, Tsova or sometimes Bats without any arguments. It takes place in the conditions, when the term is the form as well, which influences on the own content. It’s worth mentioning that this issue is in direct connection with the name of French Caucasiologist Marie Brosset. Bearers of Tush language, dissimilar from Georgian one are Tsovatushs (Tsovas) from ethnographical point of view, who belong to the ethnical group Tushs together with Chagmatushs (Chagmas) speaking on Tush dialect of Georgian language. But still nobody knows whose name was the mentioned term, of Tsovatushs or Chagmatushs for the first time. In its tend, Tushs (Tsovatushs and Chagmatushs) are included in greater national union named by Georgians. It’s logical, that speech of French people is called (and should be called) French, English people’s – English, German people’s – German... Therefore, Tush should be the name of Tushs’ (both Tsovatushs and Chagmatushs) speech by taking into consideration that the speech of Tsovatushs is the language and the speech of Chagmatushs is the dialect (of Georgian language). The given obviously special situation was inherited for Tushs by their history, that’s why we can’t change anything in it. After long-lasting judgment the Georgian linguist Akaki Shanidze ordered not accidentally, that even in 70s of XX century, from historical standpoint, Tush should be just the language, which is spoken by Tsovas at present (Shanidze 1970: 105). Undoubtedly: the same would be explained by Marie Brosset at the moment. In short, Tsovatushs‘speech should be called not three (or four), but only one name – Tush language. Corresponding author. Tel.: +99558414727; fax: +995350272401. E-mail address: [email protected]. 11
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DOI: 10.7763/IPEDR. 2014. V80. 3
Typological Similarities in Phonetics of French and Tush Languages
and Associations with the name of Marie Brosset
Arsen Bertlani
Department of Georgian Philology Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University Telavi, Georgia
Abstract. Comparing Tush and French languages promotes moral reanimation of endangered Tush
language, which will contribute its vitality. Any essay on Tush language, connected with Marie-Félicité
Brosset’s name, is one more step towards French orientalist’s thoughts.
Comparison of these unkindred languages and underlining parallels between anthroponyms take place here
for the first time, which revealed their identity in both languages.
Typological analysis of vowel system here’s based on synchronous and diachronic aspects; we meet
similarity and difference in forming nasalization of vowels. We use materials collected till present accessible
for us from the rich linguistic theory.
Typological proximity was revealed in nasalization of vowels. By remembering Brosset, his name’s anew
appreciated. This time, we see structural interrelation between them, possible proximity in Phonetics, it’ll be
fundamental for the next typological research.
Typology of languages with dissimilar structures, origin, history and geography, gives us perspective for