Tangam Language Guide
Title | Tangam Language Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Tapoli Badu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Abor language |
ISBN |
The Tangam Language
Title | The Tangam Language PDF eBook |
Author | Mark W. Post |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2017-05-08 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9004344888 |
Tangam is a critically endangered Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by around 150 hilltribespeople in the far Eastern Himalaya. A member of the Tani subgroup of Trans-Himalayan, Tangam is mutually-unintelligible with other languages of this otherwise relatively homogeneous subgroup. This is demonstrated to be a consequence of Tangam's early-branching status within the Western Tani subgroup, subsequent contact with Eastern Tani languages, and historical relationship with speakers of Bodic languages. Based on three field trips to the Tangam-speaking area over two years, this work presents a brief but comprehensive cultural, historical and grammatical introduction to the Tangam language, together with a trilingual lexicon in Tangam, English and Minyong, and a collection of fully-analysed texts. It will be of interest to linguists and anthropologists of the Himalayan region, as well as to historical linguists and language typologists.
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.
Thai (Siamese)
Title | Thai (Siamese) PDF eBook |
Author | United States. War Department |
Publisher | |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Thai language |
ISBN |
Sulung Language Guide
Title | Sulung Language Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Aduk Tayeng |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A Manual of the So:ra: (or Savara) Language ...
Title | A Manual of the So:ra: (or Savara) Language ... PDF eBook |
Author | Giḍugu Veṅkaṭarāmamūrti |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1931 |
Genre | Savara language |
ISBN |
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Title | Reference Catalogue of Current Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 946 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN |