Tungusology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the Tungusic languages. uncountable

    "Ligeti himself has mainly studied questions of Mongolology and Tungusology (including Manchu)."

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"Ligeti himself has mainly studied questions of Mongolology and Tungusology (including Manchu)."

Etymology

From Tungus + -ology.

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