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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Aims A comprehensive understanding of the genetic variation of walnuts (Juglans regia and J. sigillata) in the Himalaya and its potential drivers are essential for the conservation and sustainable utilization of these plant genetic resources.
Li‐Jun Yan +15 more
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Ethnolinguistic associations and genetic diversity of rice landraces in Nagaland, India
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 452-469, March 2024.Preserving and conserving crop landraces, tended by indigenous farming communities, is crucial for future food security. This research focused on rice landrace diversity in the north‐eastern Himalayan region of Nagaland, India, where Naga communities cultivate rice according to their dietary and cultural preferences. Rice diversity is closely linked to
Somnath Roy +9 more
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World Affairs, Volume 187, Issue 1, Page 118-122, Spring 2024.Abstract A caste is one of the conventional four social strata into which Hindu society seperates its members. The scriptures from ancient India make reference to it. The four classes are the Brahmins (priestly people), the Kshatriyas (rulers, administrators, and warriors; also known as Rajanyas), the Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, businessmen, and ...
Md Nurul Momen, Md Abu Shahen
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Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2022 Dimasa is a Tibeto-Burman language mostly spoken in Dima Hasao and Cachar districts of Assam and Dimapur district of Nagaland. Most Dimasa roots are monosyllabic, but due to the highly agglutinating feature of them, multimorphemic words are employed more
Aleendra Brahma
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The Loss of Proto-Tibeto-Burman Final Velars in Standard Jinghpaw
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2018 The aim of this paper is two-fold: to show that the standard dialect of Jinghpaw has irregularly lost several final velars of Proto-Tibeto-Burman based on comparative evidence; and to attempt to show that the lost velars are reconstructable for an ...
Keita Kurabe
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Phonological Sketch of the Sida Language of Luang Namtha, Laos [PDF]
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2017 This paper describes the phonology of the Sida language, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by approximately 3,900 people in Laos and Vietnam. The data presented here are the variety spoken in Luang Namtha province of northwestern Laos, and focuses on a ...
Nathan Badenoch, Hayashi Norihiko
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EncyclopediaSinitic, often referred to simply as ‘Chinese’, is a well-differentiated major branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, further divided into ten commonly recognized groups (Mandarin, Jin, Wu, Gan, Xiang, Hui, Hakka, Yue, Min, and Pinghua), identified mainly on
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia, Wen Lu
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Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2022 This paper presents a set of lexical correspondences between Jinghpaw and Proto-Kuki-Chin as reconstructed by ...
Scott DeLancey
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Language Shift and Endangerment of Mising, a Tani Language in Northeast India
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics SocietyThis study presents a qualitative evaluation of the endangerment level of Mising (ISO 639-3: mrg), a Tibeto-Burman language of the Tani branch, spoken predominantly in the Upper Assam region and parts of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India.
Doley, Normoda, Mittal,Anurag
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Northern Pwo Karen Numeral Classifiers: Semantic Categories and Structures
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2023 Descriptions of the numeral classifier systems of Karenic (Tibeto-Burman) languages are limited to Eastern Kayah (Solnit 1997), Thai Sgaw Karen (Ratanakul 2001), and Kayan (Manson 2010). Thus, this paper aims to expand knowledge about Karenic classifiers
Audra Phillips
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