Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r in Tiddim Chin and Lushai

Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r in Tiddim Chin and Lushai

Tiddim Chin (TC) and Lushai (L), both of the Kuki-Chin-Naga (K-N) subgroup of Tibeto-Burman (TB), are similar enough phonologically that pairs of cognate words are often easy to find. It is not unusual for words to take exactly the same form (exclusive of tone) in both languages, eg: TC -vom, L vom...

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Main Author: Solnit, David B.
Other Authors: University of California, Berkeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Arts and Humanities
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178689
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Tiddim Chin (TC) and Lushai (L), both of the Kuki-Chin-Naga (K-N) subgroup of Tibeto-Burman (TB), are similar enough phonologically that pairs of cognate words are often easy to find. It is not unusual for words to take exactly the same form (exclusive of tone) in both languages, eg: TC -vom, L vom "black, dark," TC /mar, L mar "dream," TC /phow, L phow "dry".

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