Jingpho–Luish languages
Jingpho–Luish | |
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Kachin–Luic | |
Geographic distribution | Northeast India,Bangladesh,Myanmar |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | jing1259 |
TheJingpho-Luish,Jingpho-Asakian,Kachin–Luic,orKachiniclanguages are a group ofSino-Tibetan languagesbelonging theSal branch.They are spoken in northeastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, and consist of theJingpho(also known as Kachin) language and theLuish(a.k.a.Asakian) languagesSak,Kadu,Ganan,Andro,Sengmai,andChairel.EthnologueandGlottologinclude the extinct or nearly extinctTaman languagein the Jingpo branch, but Huziwara (2016)[1]considers it to be unclassified within Tibeto-Burman.
James Matisoff(2013)[2]provides phonological and lexical evidence in support of theJingpho-Asakian(Jingpho–Luish) grouping, dividing it into two subgroups, namelyJingphoicandAsakian.Proto-Luish has been reconstructed by Huziwara (2012)[3]and Matisoff (2013).
Jingpho-Luish languages contain manysesquisyllables.[2]
Classification[edit]
Matisoff (2013),[2]citing Huziwara (2012),[3]provides the followingStammbaumclassification for the Jingpho-Asakian (Jingpho-Luish) branch. Jingphoic internal classification is from Kurabe (2014).[4]
- Jingpho-Asakian (Jingpho-Luish)
References[edit]
- ^Huziwara, Keisuke. 2016.タマン ngữ の hệ thống tái khảo / On the genetic position of Taman reconsidered.InKyoto University Linguistic Research35, p.1-34.doi:10.14989/219018
- ^abcMatisoff, James A. 2013.Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship.Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area36(2). 1–106.
- ^abHuziwara, Keisuke đằng nguyên, kính giới. 2012.Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ tổ ngữ の tái cấu にむけて[Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. InKyoto University Linguistic ResearchKinh đô đại học ngôn ngữ học nghiên cứu (2012), 31: 25-131.doi:10.14989/182194
- ^Kurabe, Keita. 2014. "Phonological inventories of seven Jingphoish languages and dialects." In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 33: 57-88, Dec 2014.
Bibliography[edit]
- George van Driem (2001).Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region.Brill.