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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... recent times , an increasing number of Rai languages have become the object of detailed linguistic research . Up till now , gram- matical sketches and more comprehensive grammatical analyses have been written on Thulung ( Allen 1975 ) ...
... recent times , an increasing number of Rai languages have become the object of detailed linguistic research . Up till now , gram- matical sketches and more comprehensive grammatical analyses have been written on Thulung ( Allen 1975 ) ...
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... recent work , the Kiranti language Tilung , ' of which very little is known except the name and the approximate loca- tion ' ( van Driem 2001 : 715 ) can now be listed as a Central Kiranti language . Toba ( 2004 : 146 ) observes that ...
... recent work , the Kiranti language Tilung , ' of which very little is known except the name and the approximate loca- tion ' ( van Driem 2001 : 715 ) can now be listed as a Central Kiranti language . Toba ( 2004 : 146 ) observes that ...
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... recent reconstruction of Proto - Kiranti undertaken by Sergei Starostin ( 1994-2000 ) is based on data from Sunwar , Thulung , Khaling , Dumi , Kulung , Yamphu and Limbu . PK SU TH ΚΗ DM KU YA LI * p- p- p- p- p- p- p- p- * ? p- p- b- p ...
... recent reconstruction of Proto - Kiranti undertaken by Sergei Starostin ( 1994-2000 ) is based on data from Sunwar , Thulung , Khaling , Dumi , Kulung , Yamphu and Limbu . PK SU TH ΚΗ DM KU YA LI * p- p- p- p- p- p- p- p- * ? p- p- b- p ...
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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Common terms and phrases
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
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Grammar of Jero: With a Historical Comparative Study of the Kiranti Languages Brill's Tibetan studies library, ISSN 1568-6183 Volume 3; Volume 5 of Brill's Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region, ISSN 1568-6183 Languages of the greater Himalayan region |
| Author | Jean Robert Opgenort |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Brill, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 9004145052, 9789004145054 |
| Length | 404 pages |
| Subjects | › Foreign Language Study / Southeast Asian Languages Social Science / General |
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