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Tibetan language --- Burmese language --- Chinese language --- Tibeto-Burman languages --- S15/0220 --- S15/0500 --- S24/0400 --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Himalayan languages --- Chin languages --- Burman language --- Bhotanta language --- Phonology --- History --- Phonology, Comparative --- Chinese --- Tibeto-Burman --- China: Language--Comparative linguistics --- China: Language--Phonology --- Tibet: Language --- Alttibetisch. --- Birmanisch. --- Historische Phonologie. --- Klassisches Chinesisch. --- History. --- Chinese. --- Tibeto-Burman. --- Phonology.

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The discovery of sound laws by comparing attested languages is the method which has unlocked the history of European languages stretching back thousands of years before the appearance of written records, e.g. Latin p- corresponds to English f- (pes, foot; primus, first; plenus, full). Although Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan have long been regarded as related, the systematic exploration of their shared history has never before been attempted. Tracing the history of these three languages using just such sound laws, this book sheds light on the prehistoric language from which they descend. Written for readers with little linguistic knowledge of these languages, but fully explicit and copiously indexed for the specialist, this work will serve as the bedrock for future progress in the study of these languages.

Tibetan language --- Burmese language --- Chinese language --- Tibeto-Burman languages --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Bhotanta language --- Himalayan languages --- Chin languages --- Burman language --- Phonology --- History. --- Phonology, Comparative --- Chinese. --- Tibeto-Burman.

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The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region.The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain.This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.

Tibeto-Burman languages --- Historical linguistics. --- History. --- Himalaya Mountains Region --- Languages.