A Grammar of Jero: With a Historical Comparative Study of the Kiranti LanguagesThis description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the endangered (Tibeto-Burman) Jero language as spoken in eastern Nepal, appears in sequel to the author's 2004 Grammar of Wambule, the language most closely related to Jero. It pictures the complex-pronominalising language of the Jero Rai, one of the Kiranti tribes of eastern Nepal. With a historical comparative study of the Kiranti languages, the branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family to which both Jero and Wambule belong. An exhaustive and model reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology and linguistic theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl). |
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... Eastern Kiranti languages Kulung , Chamling and Bantawa , initial / * p- / and / * t- / were preglottalised in a first sound change , which did not take place in the Western Kiranti languages and in Limbu , the latter of which must have ...
... Eastern Kiranti languages Kulung , Chamling and Bantawa , initial / * p- / and / * t- / were preglottalised in a first sound change , which did not take place in the Western Kiranti languages and in Limbu , the latter of which must have ...
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... Eastern Kiranti languages Limbu , Yakkha , Mewahang and Yamphu . The merger of / * r- / and / * y- / can perhaps be explained by assuming that / * r- / used to be pronounced as palatal [ r ] with audible friction . The reintroduction of ...
... Eastern Kiranti languages Limbu , Yakkha , Mewahang and Yamphu . The merger of / * r- / and / * y- / can perhaps be explained by assuming that / * r- / used to be pronounced as palatal [ r ] with audible friction . The reintroduction of ...
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... Eastern Kiranti languages , Bantawa and Chamling are each other's closest relatives ( 91 % ) whereas Kulung is more dis- tantly related . The language most closely related to Limbu is Yamphu ( 82 % ) . The Kiranti languages least ...
... Eastern Kiranti languages , Bantawa and Chamling are each other's closest relatives ( 91 % ) whereas Kulung is more dis- tantly related . The language most closely related to Limbu is Yamphu ( 82 % ) . The Kiranti languages least ...
Contents
CHAPTER ONE THE JERO LANGUAGE AND ITS RELATIVES | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOPHONOLOGY | 51 |
CHAPTER THREE NOMINALS AND ADVERBIALS | 79 |
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action adverbs agent agreement morpheme alternation auxiliary Bahing Bantawa become bird bite bound cause Chamling close conditioned consonant contrast cooked Diagram distinction dual Dumi ending event example expected expressed fall final forms gerund give given grain Hayu head I/we imperative indicates initial unexplained Inne intransitive Jero Khaling Kiranti languages Kulung Limbu loan lung manner marker marks means Michailovsky middle morph MORPHEME GLOSS negative Nepali nominal noun obstruents occur one's pacamm pacamm vt-2a pacapa patient person singular phoneme phonological plural position postposition present Proto-Kiranti Proto-Tibeto-Burman realised reconstructed reference second person simplex stop suffix Sunwar syllable third person Thulung tree verb root verbal adjective vi-la-i voiced voiceless vowel Wambule Yamphu