Watch out for number ONE: Jingpho ŋāi 'I' and ləŋâi 'one (with some speculations about Jingpho number TWO)

The Jingpho (Jg.) word ləŋâi one has always had a special place in my heart, since it was the very first form I ever elicited in a Tibeto-Burman (TB) language, in the summer of 1963, when working with LaRaw Maran. The next word to emerge in that elicitation session was of course lekhorj 'two�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matisoff, James A.
Other Authors: University of California, Berkeley
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179354