Title: Preliminary Analysis of the Phonological History of Melung Tibetan
Abstract: Melung Tibetan is spoken in the eastern part of Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Northern Yunnan. This paper aims to provide a sketch of the phonological history of the Melung dialect from the viewpoint of Tibetan dialectology. According to the discussion, it belongs to an independent vernacular group, i.e. the Melung subgroup of the Sems-kyi-nyila dialect group of Khams Tibetan.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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