Preface = vii
Abbreviations = xi

1. Introduction = 1
1.1 Ewen = 1
1.2 Previous Studies = 4
1.3 Purpose of the Study = 5
1.4 Outline of the Fieldwork = 5
1.5 Contents of the Investigation = 8

2. Phonology = 11
2.1 Vowels = 11
2.2 Consonants = 22
2.3 Syllable Structure = 34
2.4 Phonological Rules = 35
2.5 Prosody = 37

3. Morphophonology = 39
3.1 Vowel Harmony = 39
3.2 Glide Formation = 41
3.3 Consonant Assimilation = 42

4. Vocabulary = 45

5. Morphology = 51
5.1 Nominal Morphology = 51
5.2 Verbal Morphology = 73
5.3 The Other Word Classes = 109
5.4 Word Order and Case Agreement = 114

Appendix 1. Vocabulary = 119
Appendix 2. Basic Conversational Expressions = 189
Appendix 3. Data for Grammatical Analysis = 213
Appendix 4. [Text] Everyday Life in Beryozovka = 247
References = 267
Index = 269
Abstract = 275