Discussion note: more on “Kamarupan”

"Kamarupan” is the name that Jim Matisoff bestowed on a somewhat scattered and certainly disparate group of Tibeto-Burman languages. It includes the Tibeto Burman languages that are spoken in northeast India and others from adjacent regions. I have long felt that the name is inappropriate f...

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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1776352024-05-29T06:55:16Z Discussion note: more on “Kamarupan” Burling, Robbins University of Michigan Arts and Humanities "Kamarupan” is the name that Jim Matisoff bestowed on a somewhat scattered and certainly disparate group of Tibeto-Burman languages. It includes the Tibeto Burman languages that are spoken in northeast India and others from adjacent regions. I have long felt that the name is inappropriate for northeast Indian languages and I would like all Tibeto-Burmanists to understand why the name is so problematic. Published version 2024-05-29T06:55:16Z 2024-05-29T06:55:16Z 2013 Journal Article Burling, R. (2013). Discussion note: more on “Kamarupan”. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 36(1), 127-129. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.36.1.08 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177635 10.32655/LTBA.36.1.08 1 36 127 129 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2013 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Discussion note: more on “Kamarupan”
description "Kamarupan” is the name that Jim Matisoff bestowed on a somewhat scattered and certainly disparate group of Tibeto-Burman languages. It includes the Tibeto Burman languages that are spoken in northeast India and others from adjacent regions. I have long felt that the name is inappropriate for northeast Indian languages and I would like all Tibeto-Burmanists to understand why the name is so problematic.
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