A grammar of Jero; with a historical comparative study of the Kiranti languages.9004145052 A grammar of Jero; with a historical comparative study of the Kiranti languages The Kiranti languages form a sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman language family, which is itself a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Kiranti family comprises thirty to forty languages spoken in the eastern Himalayas by ethnic Kiranti . Opgenort, Jean Robert. Brill Academic Publishers 2005 404 pages $142.00 Hardcover Brill's Tibetan studies library; v.5/3; languages of the greater Himalayan region PL3801 Opgenort's (linguistics, Leiden U.) is the first-ever published detailed analysis of the phonology phonology, study of the sound systems of languages. It is distinguished from phonetics, which is the study of the production, perception, and physical properties of speech sounds; phonology attempts to account for how they are combined, organized, and convey meaning , morphology and syntax of Jero, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language Noun 1. Tibeto-Burman language - a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula Tibeto-Burman Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia spoken by a branch of the Kiranti ethnic group living in the hill tracts of eastern Nepal Eastern Nepal is Southwards and includes the highest mountain in the world. Cities The major cities of this region are Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Dharan and Dhankuta. Another notable place is Namche Bazaar, the town near the base camp of Mt. . The book is a sequel to the author's 2004 text A Grammar of Wambule--the Himalayan language most closely related to Jero--and is based on data collected during six trips made to Nepal between November 1996 and December 2004. Also featuring a comparative analysis of the Jero and other subgroups in the Kiranti language family, the text serves as a reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology typology /ty·pol·o·gy/ (ti-pol´ah-je) the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. typology the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. and linguistic theory. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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