László Károly
Professor in Turkic Languages at Department of Linguistics and Philology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 10 89
- E-mail:
- Laszlo.Karoly@lingfil.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3H - Postal address:
- Box 527
751 20 UPPSALA
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-7723-1171
Short presentation
I have been Chair and Professor of Turkic Languages at Uppsala University since 2016. My academic background is in Altaic languages, historical-comparative linguistics and philology. My current research focuses on the phonology of Turkic, the Turkic runiform inscriptions of Eurasia, the Middle Turkic languages, Siberian Turkic, word-formation and the history of medicine.
Keywords
- Turkic
- Yakut (Sakha)
- Runiform inscriptions
- morphology
- phonology
- Altaic languages
- historical-comparative linguistics
- history of medicine
- word-formation
- philology
- Middle Turkic
- database technologies
- Chagatai
- Siberian Turkic
Biography
2016- Chair and professor, Uppsala University, Department of Linguistics and Philology
2011-2016 Associate professor (Juniorprofessor), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Oriental Studies
2009-2011 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Oriental Studies
2009-2011 Assistant professor, University of Szeged, Department of Altaic Studies
2008 PhD in Altaic Studies (Linguistics), University of Szeged, Department of Altaic Studies
2005-2009 Teaching assistant, University of Szeged, Department of Altaic Studies
2002 MA in Turkic (Altaic) Studies, University of Szeged, Department of Altaic Studies
Research
Understanding the trajectory and distributional typology of phonological change
(Re)constructing a Bible - A new approach to unedited Biblical manuscripts as sources for the early history of the Karaim language, A Database of Middle Turkic
Runiform inscriptions - A Database of Turkic Runiform Inscriptions

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 351-375, 2026
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An Old Uigur medical fragment in Syriac script
Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 28-37, 2024
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Modern Turkic Languages: An Introduction with Accompanying Audio
Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publishers, 2022
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Brill Academic Publishers, 2015
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Deverbal Nominals in Yakut: A Historical Approach
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013
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Runiform fragments of the late Avar period from Hungary
Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 365-396, 2013
Recent publications
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Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 351-375, 2026
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Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 149-170, 2025
- DOI for Human–Hedgehog Relationships in Turkic-Speaking Areas: Folklore, Linguistic Expressions and Medicinal Practices
- Download full text (pdf) of Human–Hedgehog Relationships in Turkic-Speaking Areas: Folklore, Linguistic Expressions and Medicinal Practices
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Part of Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, p. 530-533, 2025
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An Old Uigur medical fragment in Syriac script
Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 28-37, 2024
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Part of Türk Tıp Tarihine Genel Bir Bakış, p. 35-50, Eğitim Yayınevi, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 351-375, 2026
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Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 149-170, 2025
- DOI for Human–Hedgehog Relationships in Turkic-Speaking Areas: Folklore, Linguistic Expressions and Medicinal Practices
- Download full text (pdf) of Human–Hedgehog Relationships in Turkic-Speaking Areas: Folklore, Linguistic Expressions and Medicinal Practices
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An Old Uigur medical fragment in Syriac script
Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 28-37, 2024
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Derived and compound nouns in Turkic
Part of Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala, Årsbok, p. 171-193, 2020
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Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 1-2, 2019
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An integrated dialect analysis tool using phonetics and acoustics
Part of Lingua, p. 37-48, 2019
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Prototypical adjectives in Turkic
Part of Turkic languages, p. 74-89, 2016
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Deverbal Nominals in Altaic: In search of a framework (not only) for reconstruction
Part of Turkic languages, p. 54-72, 2014
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Runiform fragments of the late Avar period from Hungary
Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 365-396, 2013
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The case of Altaic and West Old Turkic
Part of Turkic languages, p. 182-196, 2013
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Panaceas and other miraculous cures in Middle Turkic medical writings
Part of Shaman, p. 5-21, 2012
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History of the intervocalic velars in the Turkic languages
Part of Turkic languages, p. 3-24, 2012
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Dominancy in Yakut: An historical approach
Part of International Journal of Central Asian Studies, p. 343-353, 2009
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Yakut names for animals in Pallas’s Zoographia
Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 295-323, 2008
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A szertő-tetői kő rovásírásos feliratai
Part of Magyar Nyelv, p. 300-310, 2007
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A Seventeenth-Century Chaghatay Treatise on Medicine
Part of Communicationes de Historia Artis Medicinae (Orvostörténeti Közlemények), p. 51-61, 2006
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Some remarks on the Yakut suffix +SXt
Part of Turkic languages, p. 187-192, 2006
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Some remarks on the Turkic word qart
Part of Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, p. 53-64, 2005
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Egy . századi csagatáj orvosi könyv mint nyelvi forrás
Part of Nyelvtudományi Közlemények, p. 89-112, 2005
Articles, review/survey
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In memoriam Berta Árpád (1951–2008)
Part of Nyelvtudományi Közlemények, p. 399-402, 2008
Books
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Modern Turkic Languages: An Introduction with Accompanying Audio
Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publishers, 2022
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Brill Academic Publishers, 2015
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Қазақша-мажарша тілдескіш / Kazah-magyar társalgási könyv
SZTE Altajisztikai Tanszék, 2015
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Deverbal Nominals in Yakut: A Historical Approach
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013
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Қазақша-мажарша тілдескіш / Kazah-magyar társalgási könyv
Magyarországi Kazah Nagykövetség, 2001
Chapters in book
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Part of Türk Tıp Tarihine Genel Bir Bakış, p. 35-50, Eğitim Yayınevi, 2024
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Part of Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages, p. 637-647, Mouton de Gruyter, 2024
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Binominal strategies and semantic correlations in Turkic languages
Part of Binominal Lexemes in Cross-Linguistic Perspective, p. 355-379, Mouton de Gruyter, 2023
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Part of The Turkic Languages, p. 145-151, Routledge, 2022
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Part of Community Still Matters, p. 250-266, NIAS Press, 2022
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Derivational networks in Tatar
Part of Derivational Networks Across Languages, p. 411-422, Mouton de Gruyter, 2020
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Part of Dragomanen, p. 3-10, Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul; Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner, 2020
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Part of Word-Formation, p. 3398-3413, Mouton de Gruyter, 2016
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A Kiskundorozsma Kettőshatár úti II. avar temető 434. sírja
Part of A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve, p. 161-221, Móra Ferenc Múzeum, 2014
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Türkçe yazılmış İslam tıp eserlerindeki şifalı dualar
Part of Turcology and Linguistics. Éva Ágnes Csató Festschrift, p. 279-290, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 2014
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Újabb lehetőségek a magyar nyelv török elemeinek kutatásában
Part of Nyelvelmélet és kontaktológia 2, p. 243-256, PPKE BTK Elméleti Nyelvészeti Tanszék & Magyar Nyelvészeti Tanszék, 2013
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Jakut állatnevek Pallas Zoographiájában
Part of Bölcsészműhely 2008, p. 65-76, JATE Press, 2009
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Toboz és doboz: Két vitatott eredetű szavunk
Part of A nyelvtörténeti kutatások újabb eredményei 5, p. 113-126, JATEPress, 2008
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On the Old Turkic Verb ï r ̄ - ‘to make a notch, or breach’ and its Derivatives
Part of Néptörténet — Nyelvtörténet, p. 71-85, SZTE BTK Altajisztikai Tanszék, 2001
Collections (editor)
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Turcology in Turkey: Selected papers
SZTE BTK Altajisztikai Tanszék, MTA-SZTE Turkológiai Kutatócsoport, 2007
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Néptörténet - Nyelvtörténet: A 70 éves Róna-Tas András köszöntése
SZTE BTK Altajisztikai Tanszék, 2001
Conference papers
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An online database of Turkic runiform inscriptions
Part of Актуальные вопросы тюркологических исследований, p. 534-541, 2016
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Toboz és doboz. Két vitatott eredetű szavunk
Part of A nyelvtörténeti kutatásokújabb eredményei 5, p. 113-126, 2008
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„Domináns” szuffixumvokálisok a jakut nyelvben. Egy történeti szempontú megközelítés
Part of Orientalista Nap 2005, 2007, p. 66-73, 2008
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A Seventeenth Century Chaghatay Treatise on Medicine
Part of 38. Uluslararası Tıp Tarihi Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı (Proceedings of the 38th International Congress on the History ofMedicine), p. 845-853, 2005
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Lexical Analysis of a Seventeenth-Century Chaghatay Treatise on Medicine
Part of Altaica Budapestinensia MMII. Proceedings of the th Permanent International Altaistic Con-ference (PIAC), p. 171-180, 2003
Reports
Other
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Part of Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, p. 530-533, 2025
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Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 69-75, 2023
- DOI for Václav Blažek, in collaboration with Michal Schwarz and Ondřej Srba: Altaic Languages. History of research, survey, classification and a sketch of comparative grammar. Brno: Masaryk University Press 2019, 358 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9321-8.
- Download full text (pdf) of Václav Blažek, in collaboration with Michal Schwarz and Ondřej Srba: Altaic Languages. History of research, survey, classification and a sketch of comparative grammar. Brno: Masaryk University Press 2019, 358 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9321-8.
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Part of Orientalia Suecana, p. 1-4, 2023
- DOI for Benkő, Elek, Sándor, Klára, Vásáry, István: A székely írás emlékei. Corpus Mo-numentorum Alphabeto Siculico Exaratorum (CMASE) [Relics of the Székely script. Corpus Monumentorum Alphabeto Siculico Exaratorum (CMASE)]. Edited by István Vásáry. Budapest: Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont 2021. 927 pages, illustrated. Hardback 8900 Ft. ISBN 978-963-416-267-4.
- Download full text (pdf) of Benkő, Elek, Sándor, Klára, Vásáry, István: A székely írás emlékei. Corpus Mo-numentorum Alphabeto Siculico Exaratorum (CMASE) [Relics of the Székely script. Corpus Monumentorum Alphabeto Siculico Exaratorum (CMASE)]. Edited by István Vásáry. Budapest: Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont 2021. 927 pages, illustrated. Hardback 8900 Ft. ISBN 978-963-416-267-4.
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Part of Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, p. 174-177, 2021
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Part of Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, p. 466-470, 2019
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Part of Turkic languages, p. 295-299, 2016
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Sándor Klára, A székely írás nyomában. Budapest, Typotex, 2014. (353 lap)
Part of Magyar Nyelvjárások, p. 260-265, 2015
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Part of Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, p. 406-408, 2014
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Part of Turkic languages, p. 294-297, 2010
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Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 241-245, 2009
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Part of Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, p. 509-512, 2009
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Part of Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, p. 465-469, 2009
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Part of Turkic languages, p. 291-296, 2009
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Part of Turkic languages, p. 279-284, 2007