Altaic affricates in the wave theory of Iogann Shmidt
The article deals with the problems of the origin and development of the affricates in Altaic languages. The author offers the idea of the areal linguistcs and presents the results of application of the wave theory of Iogann Shmidt to the Altaic languages.
the Altaic languages, the areal, the affricate, the spirantisation