Proto-Tibeto-Burman
E598173
Proto-Tibeto-Burman is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, from which languages like Tibetan, Burmese, and many Himalayan languages are derived.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
proto-language
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reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Burmese language
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Himalayan languages ⓘ Jingpho language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuki-Chin languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lolo-Burmese languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nungish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Qiangic languages ⓘ Tamangic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Sino-Tibetan linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
PTB
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Proto-Tibeto-Burman language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | several millennia BCE ⓘ |
| hasDescendantRegion |
Himalayas
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Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexiconType | basic vocabulary reconstructed from cognate sets ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
derivational morphology
ⓘ
prefixation ⓘ suffixation ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex initial consonant clusters
ⓘ
tone reconstructed by some scholars ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionMethod | comparative method ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
reconstructed
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unattested ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb-final word order ⓘ |
| hasTimeDepth | prehistoric ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
exact phonological inventory
ⓘ
internal subgrouping of descendants ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none ⓘ |
| isBranchAncestorOf |
Bodish languages
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Kachinic languages ⓘ Loloish languages ⓘ Tibetic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy |
James A. Matisoff
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ⓘ
Paul K. Benedict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
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