Labialized onsets in Rma

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ID21756978
AuthorsNathaniel Aaron Sims (National Chengchi University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume26
Issue2
Pages294-322
Publication date2025-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Linguistics 語言暨語言學 (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1606-822X • E-ISSN: 2309-5067
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lali.00185.sim
OpenAlexW4408202097
LanguageEN
References cited26

In the study of Rma phonology (Eastern Tibeto-Burman CuV or as CwV sequences ( Sun 2003 ). In terms of diachrony, Chang (1967) reconstructs the following set of bilabial-stop initial clusters: * Bt , * Bd , * Bts , * Bts h , * Bdz , * Bs . Evans ( 2001 ; 2006a ) reconstructs none of these and proposes that labialized onsets are secondary developments in the dialects that have them. This paper explores the issue of labialized onsets through the lens of a previously undocumented variety of Rma. It offers a new perspective on the synchronic analysis for these segments as phonologically C w and contributes to an older discussion about the diachrony of these sounds. The paper finds support for Evans’ (2001) theory that these sounds are secondary developments from *- w - elements while also finding sub-group external evidence that some come from * p - pre-initials

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