Three notes on Laufer’s law
Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa, appearing to contradict Laufer‘s law. Some Written Burmese words...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177630 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems
for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese
corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa,
appearing to contradict Laufer‘s law. Some Written Burmese words with -wa originate from Old Burmese words written with -o-. To account for these anomalies
and the Chinese cognates of the lexemes involved, Laufer‘s law must be understood
as the product of four separate sound changes. |
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