The Loss of Proto-Tibeto-Burman Final Velars in Standard Jinghpaw

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 earlier stage based on both Standard Jinghpaw-intern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keita Kurabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52417