Experimental phonetics
Founder of experimental and instrumental phonetics in Karakalpakstan: X-ray imaging, palatography, spectrography and oscillography — the methods of the L. V. Shcherba laboratory in Leningrad.
20.09.1942 — 06.04.2015
Abatbay Dauletov
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. The scholar who first measured the sounds of the Karakalpak language with instruments and described them scientifically.
Biographical film
Biographical Film on Academician Abatbay Dauletov
This documentary film is dedicated to the life and scientific heritage of the prominent linguist, Academician Abatbay Dauletov.
Early Years: Born in the Kegeyli district, with an early passion for knowledge.
Scientific Activities: Postgraduate studies in Leningrad, defense of candidate and doctoral theses, election as an academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, and long-term academic leadership at Karakalpak State University.
Family and Legacy: A strong family foundation and an invaluable contribution to Karakalpak philology.
Nine vowels
A. D. Dauletov proved that the Karakalpak literary language has 9 vowel and 23 consonant phonemes. The vowels form two rows, and under the law of vowel harmony a word uses vowels from one row only: balalar “children”, úyler “houses”.
«Vowel harmony in the Turkic languages is the principal prosodic law of the word — just as stress is in the Indo-European languages and tone in tonal ones: it governs both the vowels and the consonants of the whole word.»
Back row
Front row
Select a vowel to see its row and rounding.
Key scientific discoveries
Experimental and instrumental studies that gave the Karakalpak language its first precise scientific description of its sound system.
9 vowel and 23 consonant phonemes
Established the phoneme inventory of the literary language. Showed that “i” and “u” are phonetic diphthongs (combinations of two phonemes), that q/k and ǵ/g are four variants of two phonemes, and that the pharyngeal “h” is a voiceless consonant.
The law of vowel harmony
A unified theory of vowel harmony (1993): the principal prosodic, word-forming law of the Turkic languages, governing the vowels and consonants of the whole word — the counterpart of stress and tone.
Latin alphabet and spelling
One of the chief architects of the Latin-based Karakalpak alphabet reform (from 1993) and co-author of the “Code of Karakalpak Spelling Rules” (2011–2012).
Key works
Monographs, dissertations and textbooks that shaped the development of Karakalpak linguistics.
Dissertation / Abstract
Vocalism of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language (an Experimental-Phonetic Study)
A. D. Dauletov1972
1972, Dissertation / Abstract
Vocalism of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language (an Experimental-Phonetic Study)
Leningrad State University — abstract of the Candidate of Sciences dissertation
Monograph
Qaraqalpaq tilinde singarmonizm [Vowel Harmony in the Karakalpak Language]
A. D. Dauletov1993
1993, Monograph
Qaraqalpaq tilinde singarmonizm [Vowel Harmony in the Karakalpak Language]
Nukus
Dissertation / Abstract
The Sound System of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language
A. D. Dauletov1994
1994, Dissertation / Abstract
The Sound System of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language
Almaty, Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan — abstract of the doctoral dissertation
University textbook
Házirgi qaraqalpaq tili. Fonetika [Modern Karakalpak: Phonetics]
A. D. Dauletov1994
1994, University textbook
Házirgi qaraqalpaq tili. Fonetika [Modern Karakalpak: Phonetics]
Nukus
Monograph
Házirgi qaraqalpaq ádebiy tiliniń seslik dúzilisi [The Sound System of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language]
A. D. Dauletov1995
1995, Monograph
Házirgi qaraqalpaq ádebiy tiliniń seslik dúzilisi [The Sound System of the Modern Karakalpak Literary Language]
Nukus
Edited volume
Qaraqalpaq tili imla qaǵıydalarınıń jıynaǵı [Code of Karakalpak Spelling Rules]
A. D. Dauletov2012
2012, Edited volume
Qaraqalpaq tili imla qaǵıydalarınıń jıynaǵı [Code of Karakalpak Spelling Rules]
Nukus: Bilim
Family and genealogy
From Daulet Palymbetov, a cotton grower and war veteran, to the academician and his children and grandchildren, who carry on the scholarly and teaching tradition.
The academician's father
Daulet Palymbetov
Second World War veteran, brigade leader, cotton farmer (Khalkabad, Kegeyli District)
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The academician's mother
The academician's mother
Wife
Myrzagul Tileuova
Physics and mathematics teacher of the highest category, schools of Nukus
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Eldest son
Kalniyaz Abatbaevich Dauletov
Candidate of Physical and Technical Sciences, Associate Professor; head of department and dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Berdakh Karakalpak State University
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Middle son
Dauletov Polat
Civil servant; deputy khokim (head) of Karauzyak District
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Youngest son
Dauletov Maxmud
Head of a farm
Memories of colleagues and students
«Akademik Abatbay Dáwletovtıń ómiri hám ilimiy-pedagogikalıq xızmeti [The Life and Academic Work of Academician Abatbay Dauletov]»
An overview of the academician's life and academic career: childhood in Khalkabad, studies in Nukus, research training in Kyiv and Leningrad, the defence of his Candidate (1972) and doctoral (1994) …
M. Kudaybergenov, K. PakhratdinovDoctor of Philology, Professor; Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor
«Birge ótken jaslıǵımız [The Youth We Shared]»
Memories of a classmate and childhood friend about their school years together in Khalkabad, their first teachers and the youth of the future academician. The full text was published in …
Tileubay KhamzeevThe academician's classmate and childhood friend, Khalkabad
«Qaraqalpaq til iliminiń sárkardası [A Leader of Karakalpak Linguistics]»
Fellow students from the Faculty of History and Philology (class of 1964) recall their student years and their friend's path to the heights of Karakalpak linguistics. The full text was …
R. Usnatdinova, O. Orazymbetova, A. AtazhanovThe academician's fellow students, Karakalpak State Pedagogical Institute, class of 1964