U
In this article, the name U is proposed for a group of closely related Austroasiatic languages. One of the U languages, spoken in the village Pa Xcp in Yunnan province in China, is the main subject of this article. U belongs to the little-known Angkuic group in the Palaungic branch of Mon-Khmer. Its...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179163 |
| Summary: | In this article, the name U is proposed for a group of closely related Austroasiatic languages. One of the U languages, spoken in the village Pa Xcp in Yunnan province in China, is the main subject of this article. U belongs to the little-known Angkuic group in the Palaungic branch of Mon-Khmer. Its synchronic phonology is described in some detail, as well as the phonological processes that relate it to Proto-Angkuic and Proto-Palaungic. A vocabulary and a short text are given. U tonogenesis is of particular interest since it utilizes unusual mechanisms, such as vowel height and vowel length neutralization. |
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