Title: A Study of Dai and Chinese Historical Phonology Based on Baiyi Yiyu(《百夷译语》)
Abstract:This paper is based on available editions of Baiyi Yiyu(《百夷译语》),a bilingual glossary compiled during the Ming and Qing dynasties of Dai terms with transcriptions in Chinese characters.By referring to ...This paper is based on available editions of Baiyi Yiyu(《百夷译语》),a bilingual glossary compiled during the Ming and Qing dynasties of Dai terms with transcriptions in Chinese characters.By referring to modern dialects of Dai and Chinese spoken in Yunnan,the author expounds on several sound changes occurred in Moeng Khorn Dai speech of Dehong dialect(Dai Nfla) in the past six hundred years,and restitutes the phonological properties of the Mandarin variety spoken in Yunnan at that time.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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