Comments on the 'Hani' dialects of Loloish
My interest in the Hani dialects of the Loloish (or Yi-ish) branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages began some six years ago when I was attempting a rough subgrouping of the dialects cited by Matisoff in his study of the proto-Loloish tonal split (Matisoff 1972). In that work, Matisoff had, in passing...
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| description | My interest in the Hani dialects of the Loloish (or Yi-ish) branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages began some six years ago when I was attempting a rough subgrouping of the dialects cited by Matisoff in his study of the proto-Loloish tonal split (Matisoff 1972). In that work, Matisoff had, in passing, questioned the linguistic relevance of some of the Chinese ethnolinguistic groupings; the name 'Hani', in par¬ticular, had been applied to dialects that seemed, at least superficially, quite divergent. Looking at the full range of Hani dialects, rather than just at the extremes, however, I noticed that, appropriately arranged, they suggested a series of stages in a relatively simple phonological evolution. And from this perspective, the original Hani grouping looked much less far-fetched. At the time, I reported these observations in a short, unpublished paper, then put the question of subgrouping aside for other things. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1787482024-07-05T05:19:36Z Comments on the 'Hani' dialects of Loloish Wheatley, Julian K. University of California, Berkeley Arts and Humanities My interest in the Hani dialects of the Loloish (or Yi-ish) branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages began some six years ago when I was attempting a rough subgrouping of the dialects cited by Matisoff in his study of the proto-Loloish tonal split (Matisoff 1972). In that work, Matisoff had, in passing, questioned the linguistic relevance of some of the Chinese ethnolinguistic groupings; the name 'Hani', in par¬ticular, had been applied to dialects that seemed, at least superficially, quite divergent. Looking at the full range of Hani dialects, rather than just at the extremes, however, I noticed that, appropriately arranged, they suggested a series of stages in a relatively simple phonological evolution. And from this perspective, the original Hani grouping looked much less far-fetched. At the time, I reported these observations in a short, unpublished paper, then put the question of subgrouping aside for other things. Published version 2024-07-05T05:19:36Z 2024-07-05T05:19:36Z 1982 Journal Article Wheatley, J. K. (1982). Comments on the 'Hani' dialects of Loloish. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 7(1), 1-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.7.1.01 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178748 10.32655/LTBA.7.1.01 1 7 1 38 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1982 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Wheatley, Julian K. Comments on the 'Hani' dialects of Loloish |
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| title_short | Comments on the 'Hani' dialects of Loloish |
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