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Gabdulkhay Akhatov
Габдулхай Хурамович Ахатов Габделхәй Хурам улы Əхәтов |
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Portrait of Professor Gabdulkhay Akhatov
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| Born | September 8, 1927 Staroye Aymanovo village, Menzelinsky Canton, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Died | November 25, 1986 (aged 59) Naberezhnyye Chelny, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Nationality | USSR |
| Alma mater | Kazan State Pedagogical Institute |
| Occupation | Professor of Philology, Turkologist, Linguist |
| Known for | foundation of the modern Tatar dialectological and phraseological research schools |
| Spouse(s) | Roza Akhatova, née Deminova (born July 11, 1929) |
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Gabdulkhay Khuramovich Akhatov (Russian: Габдулха́й Хура́мович Аха́тов; Tatar: Габделхәй Хурам улы Əхәтов; September 8, 1927 – November 25, 1986) was an important Soviet Tatar linguist and Turkologist. A linguist is someone who studies language, and a Turkologist specializes in Turkic languages. He became a professor in 1970.
Akhatov graduated with top honors from the Kazan State Pedagogical Institute in 1951. He later earned two doctoral degrees, one in 1954 and another in 1965. He was known for starting new ways of studying Tatar language, especially its different dialects and common phrases.
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Studying Languages
Gabdulkhay Akhatov spent a lot of time studying the Siberian Tatar language. This is the language spoken by the native people of Siberia, the Siberian Tatars. Even though Akhatov was a Volga Tatar, he was very interested in the unique sounds of the Siberian Tatar language.
Discovering Language Features
In his major work, "The Dialect of the West Siberian Tatars" (1963), Akhatov wrote about the language of the Tobol-Irtysh Siberian Tatars. These people live in the Omsk and Tyumen regions. After carefully studying their language, he concluded that Siberian Tatar was a separate language from the beginning. He believed it was one of the oldest Turkic languages.
Akhatov divided the dialects of Siberian Tatar into two groups:
- The Baraba and Tom Tatars spoke what he called Eastern Siberian Tatar dialects.
- The people in the Tyumen and Omsk regions spoke Western Siberian Tatar dialects.
While studying the sounds of the local Siberian population, Professor Akhatov made an interesting discovery. He found a special "clip-clop" sound in the speech of Siberian Tatars. He thought this sound came from the Kipchaks, an ancient Turkic group.
Understanding Idioms
Akhatov was the first person in Turkic studies to properly describe idiomatic expressions in the Tatar language. Idioms are phrases where the meaning isn't obvious from the individual words, like "raining cats and dogs." He wrote a very famous book called "Phraseological Dictionary of the Tatar Language" (1982). This dictionary helps people understand these special phrases.
Teaching and Research
For over 30 years, Professor Akhatov led the department of Tatar philology at different universities and institutes in Russia. Philology is the study of language in written historical sources.
He also researched the general theory of language. He wrote an important paper about "paired words," which are words that often go together. He also deeply studied "double negatives" in Turkic languages, like saying "I don't know nothing." He even discovered a rule about how words pair up in Turkic languages.
Akhatov was a true polyglot, meaning he knew many languages. He could speak more than twenty different languages! He trained over 40 students who went on to earn their own doctoral degrees. He also published about 200 scientific papers.
His scientific work was highly praised at the International Congress of Linguists in Tokyo in 1982. Akhatov organized and led several trips to study different dialects. He also wrote many important scientific books, dictionaries, textbooks, and guides for studying dialects, phrases, and words.
He received several awards for his hard work, including the Medal "For Labour Valour" and the Medal "Veteran of Labour."
His son, Aydar Akhatov, born in 1957, is also a notable figure. He is an economist, ecologist, and lawyer.
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Signature of Professor Gabdulkhay Akhatov
See also
In Spanish: Gabduljái Ajátov para niños
