Jingpho
CGP | Burma, China, India | Entry created by David Mortensen | UC Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 4 underlying tones: /55/ (/H/), /31/ (/L/), /33/ (/M/)
- 4 surface tones: [55] ([H]), [31] ([L]), [33] ([M]), [51] ([F])
- Tone bearing unit: syllable
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Spreading:
H Tone Spreading: H prefix spreads onto following L tone root, yielding an F tone root.
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Tonal Domains:
Tonal Assignments in Compounds:
In subordinating compounds (of monosyllabic roots) the tone of the first syllable is reduced to L unless the tone of that syllable is L underlyingly. In that case, it becomes either M or H, assimilating if possible to the tone of the following syllable.
added 2004-09-30 16:51:44 | edited 2004-09-30 16:51:44
Tone Interactions:
Consonant Interactions:
Only /H/ and /L/ occur in syllables with stop codas.
added 2004-10-08 00:17:32 | edited 2004-10-08 00:17:32
Other Notes:
Bibliography:
景颇语语法 [Jingpho Grammar] by Dai Qingxia and Xu Xijian - 1992
document type: book
publisher: Zhongyang Minzu Xueyuan Chubanshe
address: Beijing
document type: book
publisher: Zhongyang Minzu Xueyuan Chubanshe
address: Beijing
added 2004-09-29 20:50:31 | edited 2004-10-08 00:10:00
景颇语的声调 [the tones of Jingpho] by Dai Qingxia - 1990
document type: incollection
book title: 藏缅语族语言研究 [Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages]
pages: 199-212
publisher: Yunnan Minzu Chubanshe
address: Kunming
document type: incollection
book title: 藏缅语族语言研究 [Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages]
pages: 199-212
publisher: Yunnan Minzu Chubanshe
address: Kunming
added 2004-10-08 00:10:27 | edited 2004-10-08 00:15:42
Cite this page as:
XTone Database Article on Jingpho. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=36
XTone Database Article on Jingpho. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=36
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