A new Modul of the Uigurisches Wörterbuch

The Uigurisches Wörterbuch presents the vocabulary of Old Uyghur literature from the 9th to the 14th centuries. These texts were found in East Turkestan and include religious, literary, and everyday texts. The dictionary has been a research project of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 2017. This fourth volume of the "Nomina" module covers non-verbal words of Turkic origin from idil to ižük.

Nugteren, H. (2026): Uigurisches Wörterbuch. Sprachmaterial der vorislamischen türkischen Texte aus Zentralasien. Bd. 2: Nomina – Pronomina – Partikeln. Teil 4: idil – ižük. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. XXII+124 S., ISBN 978-3-515-14359-2, EUR 44,00.

Franz Steiner Verlag →

Kontrastive Grammatik Türkisch-Deutsch

The Kontrastive Grammatik Türkisch-Deutsch compares Turkish and German grammar. The book discusses phonology, morphology, word formation, syntax, and text grammar. It uses many examples from Turkish and German texts. The book was published by Stauffenburg in 2026.

Kienpointner, M. & Weinberger, H. (2026): Kontrastive Grammatik Türkisch-Deutsch. Formen, Funktionen und Transformationen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. ISBN 978-3-515-14258-8. EUR 84,00.

Stauffenburg Verlag →

Lecture: Mani, In Language, Scripts and Documents

The Noruz Centre will hold a lecture on 11 July 2026 at the Sufi Centre in The Hague. Professor Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst will speak about Mani, the Manichaean script, and important Manichaean manuscripts. The lecture offers an interesting introduction to Manichaean history, literature, and culture.

Prof. Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Noruz Centre. Saturday, 11 July 2026, 5:00-7:00 PM. Sufi Centre, Anna Paulownastraat 78, The Hague.

Rediscovery of a Lost History of Central Asian Christianity

A study of archaeological finds related to Syro-Aramaic Christianity in Turkestan. The book uses Soviet and modern Russian archaeological research and includes over 200 photos, illustrations, maps, and a detailed Russian bibliography.

White, K. (2026): Rediscovery of a Lost History of Central Asian Christianity: Historical Context and Archaeological Evidence. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 74. Piscataway: Gorgias Press. doi.org/10.31826/9781463249854

Gorgias Press / De Gruyter →