An Overview Of The Category Of Gramatical Number (Singular-Plural) In Tuvan And Turkish Nouns

Canlı cansız tüm varlıklara ad olan isimlerin belirttiği nesneler kâinatta ya tek olarak ya da birden çok olarak bulunur. Bu bağlamda yeryüzündeki diller isimleri sayılarına göre genellikle tekil ve çoğul olmak üzere iki kategoride toplamışlardır. Bu bilgilerden hareketle çalışmamızda çağdaş Türk lehçelerinden Tuva Türkçesi ve Türkiye Türkçesinde isimlerde sayı kategorisini incelemeye çalıştıkNouns identifying all animate and inanimate objects to be found in the universit exist as either being one or more than one (in number). Within this context, nouns across all of the world the world?s languages are generally classed under two categories singular and plural. Our aim was to comparatively examine these two distantly related Turkic languages both from a geographical as well as from a phonological and structural angle. We have also attempted to surveyed the current linguistic situtation of both languages within the scope of this research without going into historical details where possbile. In this study, we examined the category of number in nouns under three groups: singular, collective and plural. In line with most other scholars, we too have taken into consideration the various lexical, syntactical, and morphological categories during our overview of this topi