On the internal phylogeny of East Bodish
On the internal phylogeny of East Bodish
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论东菩提的内部系统发育
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10.1017/9789382993285.005
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2013
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Gwendolyn Hyslop
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作者:
Gwendolyn Hyslop
The term ‘East Bodish’was first used in Shafer (1954) to identify a proposed family of languages to which Dakpa, a language spoken Southeast of Lhasa, belonged. Shafer (1954) noted that Dakpa, and therefore ‘East Bodish’languages were closely related to, but not directly descended from Classical Tibetan. Since then, several other languages have been identified as East Bodish. A majority of these languages are found in Bhutan, but some spill over into Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh as well. The East Bodish languages, in general, are amongst the most poorly described in all of Tibeto-Burman, in particular in comparison to their other Bodic cousins (eg Newar, Kiranti languages, Tamang). The studies I am familiar with are presented in § 2. Other than van Driem (2007), showing the close relationship between Dakpa and Dzala, there has been no attempt to sort out the relationship amongst the East Bodish languages. The aim of this article is to make new data available while also proposing the first tentative internal phylogeny amongst the languages within East Bodish. In § 2 I provide the relevant background on East Bodish languages, including approximate location and number of speakers. § 3 presents the data and arguments that confirm van Driem (2007)’s analysis that Dakpa and Dzala form a subgroup within East Bodish. § 4 discusses the1 I am grateful to the Dzongkha Development Commission for permission to conduct this research and to Karma Tshering for invaluable assistance with data collection. Nathan Hill provided valuable feedback on an earlier draft of this paper and I am also grateful to Stephan Morey and and anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments. I retain responsiblities for any errors.