Dr. Aynur Abish is an Associate Professor specializing in Kazakh linguistics, Turkic language documentation, and comparative linguistics. She holds a Ph.D. from Uppsala University and has led government-funded research on language preservation and dialectology. With extensive international publications and conference presentations, her work focuses on modality, evidentiality, and corpus-based studies in Kazakh. She also develops online Kazakh language courses. Fluent in Kazakh, Uyghur, Chinese, English, and Turkish, Dr. Abish is committed to advancing linguistic research and education.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy ( in Turkic languages
Uppsala University, Sweden
Graduated: May 2014
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Kazakh language and literature
Minzu University of China
Graduated: July 2009
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Kazakh language and literature
Minzu University of China
Graduated: July 2006
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Language and Linguistics
Publications
1. With Jumabay, Uldanay. 2019. “The Complementizer {-U2w} in Kazakh as Spoken in Turkic Languages 23, 49–66. DOI:10.13173/TL/2019/1/49
2. 2020. “Swaddle and Cradle, Kazakh böle- and Turkic Languages 25, 15–19. DOI:
3. 2022. “Topic in Kazakh as Spoken in Turkic Languages 26, 75–88. DOI:
4. 2024. “Gender Differences in the Use of Evidentials in Kazakh in China: A Corpus-Based Turkic Languages 28, 139–156.
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