Affixes of gender differences in Mongolian and Buryat anthroponyms

In this work, by comparing some general anthropoformants expressing gender difference, we managed to establish general and specific formants and came to the following conclusions: 1. The formant -а can denote either masculine or feminine gender, but the usage and origins of the masculine and feminine formants are different (the feminine formant is most likely a borrowing), therefore they can be considered as separate sex anthropoformants. 2. To a certain extent, the Mongolian anthropoformants still retain the function of expressing gender difference, while in the Buryat anthroponyms it is almost lost. 3. The anthropoformants of the both languages were influenced by the Tibetan language. 4. Corresponding anthropoformants of the Mongolian and Buryat languages form proper names from different parts of speech