This paper investigates Russian loanwords in Ewen and Ewenki.
We analyzed the sound materials collected from field work studies in
Khabarovsk and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Various dictionaries
were also used. Some phonetic and morphological features were
revealed as a result of analysis of 417 Russian loanwords in these
languages. The Russian loanwords in Ewen and Ewenki show such
phonetic phenomena as prosthesis, epenthesis, paragoge, apheresis
and consonant substitution. These phenomena are due to the need to
simplify the pronunciation or to avoid word-initial and word-final
consonant clusters that are impossible in the phonological system of
‘floor’) (Ewen/Ewenki). The consonant phonemes //
lacking in the phonological system of Ewen and Ewenki were
words as nosmin?al ‘scissors’ (Ewen), ispisk?l ‘matches’ (Ewenki), in
which the plural suffix -l of Ewen and Ewenki is added to the
Russian roots.