A Phonological Comparison of Gamale, Sheram and Ghusbang – Three Kham Varieties

dc.contributor.author	Wilde, Christopher P.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-06T21:37:34Z
dc.date.available	2017-02-06T21:37:34Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06-01
dc.description.abstract	This paper compares the phonologies of Gamāle, Sheram and Ghusbāng, three closely related southern varieties of Khām. The vowel and consonant inventories, suprasegmentals and phonotactics of each variety is described in turn, after which the phonologies are compared. The comparison identifies the front rounded vowels /y/ and /ø/ in Sheram and Ghusbāng as being linked to the Gamāle labial-palatal approximants, and also suggests that the loss of the syllable-final glottal in breathy voiced verbs is the origin of the pitch contour present in Takāle breathy voiced lengthened verbs.
dc.format.extent	24 pages
dc.identifier.issn	1836-6821
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52398
dc.subject	Tibeto-Burman
dc.subject	Kham languages
dc.subject	phonology
dc.subject	comparative linguistics
dc.subject.languagecode	kgj
dc.subject.languagecode	kjl
dc.title	A Phonological Comparison of Gamale, Sheram and Ghusbang – Three Kham Varieties
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.endingpage	90
prism.number	1
prism.publicationname	Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpage	67
prism.volume	10

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