Origins of vowel pharyngealization in Hongyan Qiang

Hongyan, a variety of Northern Qiang (Tibeto-Burman, China) has four plain vowel monophthongs /i, u, ə, a/. Vowels may be lengthened, rhotacized, or pharyngealized, resulting in fourteen short and ten long vowel phonemes. No other varieties of Qiang have been described with pharyngealization...

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Main Author: Evans, Jonathan
Other Authors: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177935
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English

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