Eastern Himalayish
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Eastern Himalayish is a proposed subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in the eastern Himalayan region, encompassing several related highland language clusters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language subgroup
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proposed language subgroup ⓘ |
| basedOn |
shared lexical innovations
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shared morphological innovations ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDefinition | grouping of several highland language clusters of the eastern Himalaya ⓘ |
| hasGeographicCharacteristic |
highland distribution
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linguistic diversity over short distances ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology (in many member languages)
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complex verbal morphology (in many member languages) ⓘ consonant clusters (in many member languages) ⓘ prefixal and suffixal morphology (in many member languages) ⓘ pronominalized verbs (in some member languages) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
tonal languages (in many member languages)
ⓘ
verb-final word order (in many member languages) ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
controversial
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not universally accepted by linguists ⓘ proposed ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
internal subgrouping is not firmly established
ⓘ
membership of specific languages is debated ⓘ |
| includesLanguageCluster |
Bodish languages (in some classifications)
ⓘ
Dhimalish languages (in some classifications) ⓘ East Bodish languages (in some classifications) ⓘ Kochic or Raji–Raute related groups (in some proposals) ⓘ Tani languages ⓘ Tshanglaic languages (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | areal contact in the Himalayan region ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Himalayas
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Himalayas ⓘ |
| partOfDebate | higher-level classification of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Himalayish (proposed subgroup)
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ⓘ
Western Himalayish (proposed subgroup) ⓘ |
| researchedBy |
George van Driem
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Mark Post NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott DeLancey NERFINISHED ⓘ various Tibeto-Burman specialists ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
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India ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Himalayan region ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Sino-Tibetan languages
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Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodProposed | late 20th century ⓘ |
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