On the place of Lepcha in Sino-Tibetan: a lexical comparison
This is very much a data-oriented study. After a brief outline of Lepcha phonology and a discussion of influences from other languages, I place Lepcha firmly as a member of Tibeto-Burman, despite lexical resemblances from such a distantly related language as Chinese or by borrowing from Austroasiati...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2024
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179160 |
| Summary: | This is very much a data-oriented study. After a brief outline of Lepcha phonology and a discussion of influences from other languages, I place Lepcha firmly as a member of Tibeto-Burman, despite lexical resemblances from such a distantly related language as Chinese or by borrowing from Austroasiatic languages (like Khasi). Most of the Tibeto-Burman languages most similar in lexicon to Lepcha (like Adi) lie somewhat to the east. The exception is Tibetan itself which stretches east and west to the north. |
|---|