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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449972303321

Titolo

Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of a symposium held in Leiden, June 26, 2000, at the Ninth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies / / edited by Christopher I. Beckwith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, MA, : Brill, 2002

ISBN

1-280-46655-3

9786610466559

1-4175-2458-8

90-474-0130-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; ; v. 2/6

Altri autori (Persone)

BeckwithChristopher I. <1945->

Disciplina

495/.4

Soggetti

Tibeto-Burman languages

Tibeto-Burman languages - History - 1500-1700

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Old Zhangzhung Manuscript Stein Or 8212/ 188; Some Characteristics of the Tibeto-Burman Stock of Early Classical Newari; Two Pyu-Tibetan Isoglosses; On Pali-Burmese Interference; Early Meithei Manuscripts; The Subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman; The Sino-Tibetan Problem; A Glossary of Pyu; A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions; A Glossary of Early Classical Tibeto-Burman Newari; A Preliminary Glossary of Tangut from Tibetan Transcriptions; A Glossary of 39 Basic Words in Archaic and Modem Meithei

Sommario/riassunto

This work approaches Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics according to the classical Indo-European model. Articles are included on: Old Zhangzhung, early classical Newari, Pyu, Old Burmese and early Meithei. Glossaries of several early Tibeto-Burman languages are included.