Elisabetta Ragagnin

Dr. Elisabetta Ragagnin is a researcher at the University of Göttingen, specializing in Sayan-Turkic varieties in Mongolia, Western Mongolian dialects, and Turkic-Mongolian language relations. Her work bridges language typology, language contact, and the folklore of the Altaic peoples.

• Primary research areas include Sayan Turkic dialectology and Mongolian language substrates
• Editorial contributions to Botanica and Zoologica in the Turkish World
• Published in leading linguistics journals and conference proceedings since 2000

Her publications analyze Turkic-Mongolian particle interactions, reindeer terminology in Siberian dialects, and the sociolinguistic status of the Dukha community. She has extensively documented Dukhan language features and contributed to Turkic language typology through fieldwork-based studies.

Recent outputs include investigations into the concept of death in Turco-Mongolic shamanism and the historical development of throat-singing traditions. Her work combines comparative linguistic analysis with cultural context, particularly in endangered language communities of Mongolia and Siberia.