This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.ĭo mo thuismitheoirí Michael & Karin D’Arne, an cara a thugadh cluas agus mé in ísle bríĬontents Acknowledgments xi List of Figures and Tables xiii List of Abbreviations xvi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Aims 1 1.2 Organisation 1 1.3 Approach 3 1.4 Data on Tibeto-Burman 3 1.5 Dura Sources 4 1.6 Epistemological Limitations 5 1.7 Fieldwork and Informants 5 1.8 A Note on the Transliteration and Spelling Conventions 7 2 The Dura and Their Language 9 2.1 The Dura People-Kingmakers on the Fringes 9 2.2 The Dura Language 24 2.3 Earlier Research on Dura 28 2.4 Dura Media Frenzy 32 2.5 Language Classification 33 3 A Typological Overview 47 3.1 Phonology 48 3.2 Morphology and Syntax 67 3.3 Summary 75 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura 77 4.1 Consonants 78 4.2 Vowels 85 4.3 Diphthongs 88 4.4 Phonological Processes 90 4.5 Phonotactics 93 5 Lexicon 101 5.1 Dura Sound Changes 101 5.2 Dura Swadesh List 125 5.3 Kinship Terms 134 Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. Review your various options on /brill-open. Want or need Open Access? Brill Open offers you the choice to make your research freely accessible online in exchange for a publication charge. The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at LC record available at The Dura Language Grammar and Phylogeny ByĬover illustration: Dura boy. The titles published in this series are listed at /btsl Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region Edited by George L. 1.8 A Note on the Transliteration and Spelling ConventionsĢ.1 The Dura People-Kingmakers on the Fringesġ0.4 Possible Remnants of Numeral Classifiersġ1.5 Proposed Genetic Affiliation of Duraīrill’s Tibetan Studies Library Edited by Henk Blezer Alex McKay Charles Ramble
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