On the Position of Baima within Tibetan: A Look from Basic Vocabulary
Résumé
This article examines the 100-word Swadesh (1955) list, the layer of lexicon which is arguably least resistible to change, for Baima, a Tibeto-Burman language with disputed genetic affiliation spoken in the South-West of China. The following issues are addressed:
(1) Sound correspondences between Baima and Written Tibetan;
(2) Their conformity with respective sound correspondences between Written Tibetan and the Amdo and Khams dialects of China and
(3) Unclear etymologies and their possible origins.
(1) Sound correspondences between Baima and Written Tibetan;
(2) Their conformity with respective sound correspondences between Written Tibetan and the Amdo and Khams dialects of China and
(3) Unclear etymologies and their possible origins.
Domaines
Linguistique
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