The journal is devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical, and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genetic, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation, and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects, and thus welcomes contributions on all aspects of Turkic language studies. It contains articles, review articles, reviews, discussions, reports, and surveys of publications. The journal uses a double blind review system in selecting articles for publication. The preferred language of publication is English. From the contents (altogether 10 contributions): , Two-consonant conjuncts in Turkic runiform texts , A word of Turkic origin in Altaic languages: *- ‘to foretell’ , Generic markers in Turkish , How women speak Salar: The relationship between gender and evidentiality , Yakut names of medicinal plants , Languages compete and communities coexist in a peaceful Cypriot mixed villageweiterlesen