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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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Problems of methodology and explanation in word order universals research [PDF]
, 2010 Ever since the publication of Greenberg 1963, word order typologists have attempted to formulate and refine implicational universals of word order so as to characterize the restricted distribution of certain word order patterns, and in some cases have ...
LaPolla, Randy J.
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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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Etyma for 'chicken', 'duck', and 'goose' among language phyla in China and Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers the history of words for domesticated poultry, including ‘chicken’, ‘goose’, and ‘duck’, in China and mainland Southeast Asia to try to relate associated domestication events with specific language groups.
Alves, Mark J
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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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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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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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Relative clause structures in the Rawang language [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses the types of relative clause and noun complement structures found in the Rawang language, a Tibeto-Burman language of northern Myanmar, as well as their origin and uses, with data taken mainly from naturally occurring texts.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionIntroductionThe Tujia ethnic group, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman linguistic family, predominantly resides in the mountainous regions of central and southern China.
Chong Chen +10 more
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A FIRST LOOK AT CHEN (KONYAK) ARGUMENT AND CLAUSE STRUCTURES
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2021 Chen (Bodo-Konyak-Jingphaw, Tibeto-Burman) is an undocumented language of the Konyak ethnic group. It is spoken in northeast India and northwest Myanmar. This article provides a first description of the Chen simple argument and clause structures.
Hoipo Konyak
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