Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/pjɔu
Proto-Hmong-Mien
editAlternative reconstructions
editOstapirat (2016)[1] reconstructs Proto-Mienic *pˠu.
Etymology
editCompare Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ, whence Vietnamese ba (“three”).[2]
Numeral
edit*pjɔu
Descendants
edit- White Hmong: peb
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
- ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2018) “Macrophyletic Trees of East Asian Languages Re examined”, in Kikusawa, Ritsuko, Reid, Lawrence A., editors, Let's Talk about Trees (Senri Ethnological Studies), Osaka: Minpaku,
- 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)