Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group

E715468

areal group linguistic area proposed linguistic area

The Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group is a proposed linguistic area in East and Southeast Asia where Sino-Tibetan and Hmong-Mien languages have developed shared structural features through long-term contact.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien (hypothesized)	1
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	areal group ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ proposed linguistic area ⓘ
hasCause	long-term language contact ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	areal diffusion ⓘ contact-induced convergence ⓘ shared structural features ⓘ
hasContactType	bilingualism ⓘ intense multilingual interaction ⓘ language shift ⓘ
hasProcess	grammaticalization through contact ⓘ lexical borrowing ⓘ structural borrowing ⓘ
hasRegion	Upper Mekong region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ southern China ⓘ
hasResearchTopic	directionality of structural influence ⓘ distinguishing inheritance from diffusion ⓘ reconstruction of pre-contact structures ⓘ
hasStatus	not universally accepted ⓘ proposed ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature	SVO basic word order tendencies ⓘ analytic syntax ⓘ classifier systems ⓘ complex tone categories ⓘ isolating morphology ⓘ monosyllabic word structure tendencies ⓘ phonological tone sandhi patterns ⓘ sentence-final particles ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ similar phonotactic constraints ⓘ tonal systems ⓘ topic-prominent syntax ⓘ
hasTimeDepth	historical period of several millennia ⓘ
hasTypeOfContact	areal convergence between unrelated families ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily	Hmong-Mien languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
overlapsWith	Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField	Hmong-Mien linguistics ⓘ Sino-Tibetan linguistics ⓘ areal linguistics ⓘ contact linguistics ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miao languages → subclassOf → Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group ⓘ

Hmong-Mien → languageBranchOf → Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien (hypothesized)