Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/N-ɟuə

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This Proto-Hmong-Mien entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hmong-Mien

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Alternative reconstructions

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Ostapirat (2016)[1] reconstructs *d.gˠ- as the initial.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Benedict (1987) reconstructs *t-guᴬ for "Donor-Miao-Yao" (the Tibeto-Burman language that was the source of the Proto-Hmong-Mien word).[2]

Numeral

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*N-ɟuə

  1. nine

Descendants

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  • White Hmong: cuaj

References

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  1. ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016) “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics‎[1], volume 17, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–145
  2. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1987) “Early MY/TB loan relationships”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎[2], volume 10, number 2, pages 12-21.
  • Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.
  • Chen, Qiguang (陈其光) (2013) Miao Yao yuwen (苗瑶语文), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社), →ISBN
  • Mao, Zongwu (毛宗武) (2004) Yaozu Mianyu fangyan yanjiu (瑤族勉语方言研究), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社)
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