How to tell Lai: an exercise in classification
Lai is almost too strange to be true. The big question is: what is it? Liang (1984) has recorded the language in the southeastern China province of Guangxi, but the traditional homeland is to the west, in southwest Guizhou and southern Yunnan. The speakers reportedly number only several hundred, al...
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Liang (1984) has recorded the language in the southeastern China province of Guangxi, but the traditional homeland is to the west, in southwest Guizhou and southern Yunnan. The speakers reportedly number only several hundred, all in Guangxi. the language having been replaced by Yi (Lolo) in Yunnan. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1792222024-07-24T08:21:19Z How to tell Lai: an exercise in classification Benedict, Paul K. Arts and Humanities Lai is almost too strange to be true. The big question is: what is it? Liang (1984) has recorded the language in the southeastern China province of Guangxi, but the traditional homeland is to the west, in southwest Guizhou and southern Yunnan. The speakers reportedly number only several hundred, all in Guangxi. the language having been replaced by Yi (Lolo) in Yunnan. Published version 2024-07-24T08:21:18Z 2024-07-24T08:21:18Z 1990 Journal Article Benedict, P. K. (1990). How to tell Lai: an exercise in classification. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 13(2), 1-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.13.2.01 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179222 10.32655/LTBA.13.2.01 2 13 1 26 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1990 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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| title_short | How to tell Lai: an exercise in classification |
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