The sounds and tones of five Tibetan languages of the Himalayan region

In this paper I describe the sounds and tones of five Tibetan languages: Dzongkha, Lhomi, Sherpa, Dolpo Tibetan, and Mugom Tibetan. In characterizing these sounds, I describe first, using digital oscillograms, the intersegmental voicing coordination of the onset consonant in the various dialects. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watters, Stephen A.
Other Authors: SIL International
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178028