A phylogenetic study of South-Western Tibetic

Dhakal, Dubi Nanda, List, Johann-Mattis and Roberts, Seán G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-9161 2024. A phylogenetic study of South-Western Tibetic. Journal of Language Evolution , lzae008. 10.1093/jole/lzae008

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Abstract

This study performs primary data collection, transcription and cognate coding for 8 South West Tibetic languages (Lowa, Gyalsumdo, Nubri, Tsum, Yohlmo, Kagate, Jirel, and Sherpa). This includes partial cognate coding, which analyses linguistic relations at the morpheme level. Prior resources and inferences are leveraged to conduct a Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. This helps estimate the extent to which the historical relationships between the languages represent a tree-like structure. We argue that small-scale projects like this are critical to wider attempts to reconstruct the cultural evolutionary history of Sino-Tibetan and other families.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	2058-458X
Funders:	AHRC, Max Planck Society, ERC, University of Bristol
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 September 2024
Date of Acceptance:	18 September 2024
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2024 10:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/172244

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