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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The relationship between archeological culture and ethnicity is invariably complex. This is especially the case for periods of national division and rapid inter-ethnic exchange, such as China’s Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439 CE) and Northern and Southern ...
Jianxue Xiong +22 more
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Computerized Tools for Reconstruction in Tibeto-Burman
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1989 Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1989), pp.
Lowe, John, Mazaudon, Martine
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Colour Terms in Tibeto-Burman Languages
Rocznik Orientalistyczny/Yearbook of Oriental Studies, 2019 In their handling of colour, Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan region show multiple lexical similarities to one another as well as apparent influences from more dominant languages such as Hindi, Nepali, Tibetan, and Chinese. As an understudied family, Tibeto-Burman languages also serve as an important site to explore modern colour theory and ...
Turin, Mark, Chung, Benjamin
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Non-structural case marking in Tibeto-Burman and artificial languages
Linguistic Discovery, 2017 This paper discusses the diachronic development of non-structural case marking in Tibeto-Burman and in computer simulations of language evolution. It is shown how case marking is initially motivated by the pragmatic need to disambiguate between two core ...
Alexander R. Coupe, Sander Lestrade
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Nepali Women at Work: Menstruation in Informal and Formal Workplaces
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1595-1605, July 2026.ABSTRACT Women of specific castes in Nepal are socialized to adhere to a range of menstrual customs. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews, we examine the relevance of menstrual customs in informal and formal workplaces in Kathmandu, Nepal. We expand upon Acker's work on gendered institutions cross‐culturally, highlighting its global significance, and ...
Srijana Karki, Tamara L. Mix
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Annals of Human Biology, 2019 Background: Bai and Yi people are two Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic groups in Yunnan, southwest China. The genetic structure and history of these two groups are largely unknown due to a lack of available genetic data.
Jianxin Guo +10 more
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The include network: Advancing cross‐linguistic equity in brain health research
Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract Speech and language measures are increasingly recognized as sensitive, scalable, non‐invasive markers of diverse brain disorders. Yet, current research is overwhelmingly English‐centric, neglecting the world's vast linguistic diversity and undermining these markers’ global applicability.
Adolfo M. García +13 more
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Non-Tibeto-Burman features in PaTani
, 1987 This paper highlights some of the striking phonological features found in PaTani (a Tibeto-Burman language): retroflex consonants; murmured consonants; and high rising, level and glottalized tones.
Sharma, Suhnu R.
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NUOSU PROVERBS: AESTHETICS AND ARTISTRY IN FORM
Proverbium, 2022 Much scholarship has looked at the uses, functions, and origins of proverbs. This study describes the form of proverbs in Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in southwest China.
Susan Gary Walters
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Notes on Tibeto-Burman consonant clusters
, 1986 In the People's Republic of China, there are more than thirty Tibeto-Burman languages, some having early written records e.g., Written Tibetan and Xixia, which are important to research on Tibeto-Burman consonant clusters.
Sun, Hongkai
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