Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/N-ɟuə
Proto-Hmong-Mien
editAlternative reconstructions
editOstapirat (2016)[1] reconstructs *d.gˠ- as the initial.
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Benedict (1987) reconstructs *t-guᴬ for "Donor-Miao-Yao" (the Tibeto-Burman language that was the source of the Proto-Hmong-Mien word).[2]
Numeral
edit*N-ɟuə
Descendants
edit- White Hmong: cuaj
References
edit- ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016) “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics[1], volume 17, number 1, , pages 133–145
- ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1987) “Early MY/TB loan relationships”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area[2], volume 10, number 2, pages 12-21.
- Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.
- Chen, Qiguang (陈其光) (2013) Miao Yao yuwen (苗瑶语文), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社), →ISBN
- Mao, Zongwu (毛宗武) (2004) Yaozu Mianyu fangyan yanjiu (瑤族勉语方言研究), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社)