A reconstruction of Proto-Tangkhulic rhymes
This paper presents a reconstruction of the rhyme system of Proto- Tangkhulic, the putative ancestor of the Tangkhulic languages, a Tibeto-Burman subgroup. A reconstructed rhyme inventory for the proto-language is presented. Correspondence sets for each of the members of the inventory are then s...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177723 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper presents a reconstruction of the rhyme system of Proto-
Tangkhulic, the putative ancestor of the Tangkhulic languages, a Tibeto-Burman
subgroup. A reconstructed rhyme inventory for the proto-language is presented.
Correspondence sets for each of the members of the inventory are then
systematically presented, along with supporting cognate sets drawn from four
Tangkhulic languages: Ukhrul, Huishu, Kachai, and Tusom. This paper also
summarizes the major sound changes that relate Proto-Tangkhulic to the daughter
languages on which the reconstruction is based. It is concluded that Proto-
Tangkhulic was considerably more conservative than any of these languages. It
preserved the Proto-Tibeto-Burman length distinction in certain contexts and
reflexes of final *-l, even though these are not preserved as such in Ukhrul, Huishu,
Kachai, or Tusom. Proto-Tangkhulic is argued to be a potentially useful source of
evidence in the reconstruction of Proto-Tibeto-Burman. |
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