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Prosodic tautomorphemicity in Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan is a prime example of how strongly a language family can typologically diversify under the pressure of areal spread features (Matisoff 1991, 1999). One of the manifestation of this is the average length of prosodic words. In Southeast Asia, prosodic words tend to average on one or one-and-a-half syllables. In the Himalayas, by contrast, it
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Notes and Communications: Loss of 1 or r in Tibetan Initial Consonantal Clusters [PDF]
Simon, Walter
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Vowel Harmony in Sino-Tibetan Languages
Abstract This chapter presents an overview of vowel harmony (VH) systems, as reported in some Sino-Tibetan languages—particularly, Qiangic, Na, and Tibetic—and reviews reported systems which are particularly diverse in Qiangic languages (e.g., palatal, height, rounding, advanced tongue root (ATR)/retracted tongue root (RTR), retroflex ...
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The role of migration and language contact in the development of the Sino-Tibetan language family [PDF]
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Human Population Genetic History and Evolutionary Dynamics on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. [PDF]
He G +12 more
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Ancient genomes give insight into 160,000 years of East Asian population dynamics and biological adaptation. [PDF]
He G +8 more
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Paternal genomic history and Y-chromosome phylogeny from the Chengdu Plain reveal multiple Indigenous East Asian farmer contributions to ancient Shu and their descendants. [PDF]
Luo L +17 more
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Eastern Asia : Sino‐Tibetan linguistic history
The Sino‐Tibetan language family enshrines the migratory histories of many East Asian populations, including the Chinese, Tibetans, and Burmese. Its history is intimately associated with Neolithic and Bronze Age developments in China itself, and today it is one of the major world language families in terms of population numbers.
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