Sulung Language Guide
Title | Sulung Language Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Aduk Tayeng |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | English language |
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Sulung Language Guide
Title | Sulung Language Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Aduk Tayeng |
Publisher | |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | English language |
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The Sino-Tibetan Languages
Title | The Sino-Tibetan Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Thurgood |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1268 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1315399482 |
There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few decades. Now in its second edition and fully updated to include new research, The Sino-Tibetan Languages includes overview articles on individual languages, with an emphasis on the less commonly described languages, as well as descriptions and comments on the subgroups in which they occur. There are overviews of the whole family on genetic classification and language contact, syntax and morphology, and also on word order typology. There are also more detailed overview articles on the phonology, morphosyntax, and writing system of just the Sinitic side of the family. Supplementing these overviews are articles on Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. Tibeto-Burman is reviewed by genetic or geographical sub-group, with overview articles on some of the major groups and areas, and there are also detailed descriptions of 41 individual Tibeto-Burman languages, written by world experts in the field. Designed for students and researchers of Asian languages, The Sino-Tibetan Languages is a detailed overview of the field. This book is invaluable to language students, experts requiring concise, but thorough, information on related languages, and researchers working in historical, typological and comparative linguistics.
The Sino-Tibetan Languages
Title | The Sino-Tibetan Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Randy J. LaPolla |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 754 |
Release | 2006-05-17 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 113579717X |
There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them, both diachronic and synchronic, has multiplied in the last few decades. This volume includes overview articles as well as descriptions of individual languages and comments on the subgroups in which they occur. In addition to a number of modern languages, there are descriptions of several ancient languages.
Languages of the Himalayas
Title | Languages of the Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | George van Driem |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 924 |
Release | 2022-09-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004514929 |
Trans-Himalayan Linguistics
Title | Trans-Himalayan Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Owen-Smith |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2013-12-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 311031083X |
The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region. The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain. This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.
Languages and Dialects of Tibeto-Burman
Title | Languages and Dialects of Tibeto-Burman PDF eBook |
Author | James A. Matisoff |
Publisher | Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Enter for |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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