Three notes on Laufer’s law

• Main Author: Hill, Nathan W.
• Other Authors: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Old Tibetan; Old Burmese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177630
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...