Kachin �luic Languages

Jingpho–Luish
Jingpho–Luish
Kachin–Luic
Geographic; distribution	Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Jingpho–Luish; ; ;
Subdivisions	Jingpho (Kachin); Luish (Asakian);
Glottolog	jing1259

The Jingpho-Luish, Jingpho-Asakian, Kachin–Luic, or Kachinic languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages belonging the Sal branch. They are spoken in northeastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, and consist of the Jingpho (also known as Kachin) language and the Luish ( a.k.a. Asakian) languages Sak, Kadu, Ganan, Andro, Sengmai, and Chairel. Ethnologue and Glottolog include the extinct or nearly extinct Taman language in the Jingpo branch, but Huziwara (2016)^[1] considers it to be unclassified within Tibeto-Burman.

James Matisoff (2013)^[2] provides phonological and lexical evidence in support of the Jingpho-Asakian (Jingpho–Luish) grouping, dividing it into two subgroups, namely Jingphoic and Asakian. Proto-Luish has been reconstructed by Huziwara (2012)^[3] and Matisoff (2013).

Jingpho-Luish languages contain many sesquisyllables.^[2]

Classification

Matisoff (2013),^[2] citing Huziwara (2012),^[3] provides the following Stammbaum classification for the Jingpho-Asakian (Jingpho-Luish) branch. Jingphoic internal classification is from Kurabe (2014).^[4]

Jingpho-Asakian (Jingpho-Luish)
- Jingphoic
  - Southern: Standard Jingpho, Nkhum, Shadan, Gauri, Mengzhi, Thingnai dialects
  - Northern
    - Northeastern: Dingga, Duleng, Dingphan, Jilí (Dzili), Khakhu, Shang, Tsasen dialects
    - Northwestern ( Singpho): Diyun, Numphuk, Tieng, Turung dialects
- Asakian
  - Cak
    - Cak
    - Sak
  - Chairel
  - Loi
    - Sengmai
    - Andro
  - Kadu
    - Ganan
    - Kadu

References

^ Huziwara, Keisuke. 2016. タマン語の系統再考 / On the genetic position of Taman reconsidered. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 35, p.1-34. doi: 10.14989/219018
^ ^a ^b ^c Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.
^ ^a ^b Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原, 敬介. 2012. Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 京都大学言語学研究 (2012), 31: 25-131. doi: 10.14989/182194
^ Kurabe, Keita. 2014. "Phonological inventories of seven Jingphoish languages and dialects." In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 33: 57-88, Dec 2014.

Bibliography

George van Driem (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

[Huziwara2016-1] Huziwara, Keisuke. 2016. タマン語の系統再考 / On the genetic position of Taman reconsidered. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 35, p.1-34. doi: 10.14989/219018

[Matisoff2013-2] Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.

[Huziwara2012-3] Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原, 敬介. 2012. Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 京都大学言語学研究 (2012), 31: 25-131. doi: 10.14989/182194

[4] Kurabe, Keita. 2014. "Phonological inventories of seven Jingphoish languages and dialects." In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 33: 57-88, Dec 2014.

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Jingpho–Luish
Kachin–Luic
Geographic distribution	Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Jingpho–Luish
Subdivisions	Jingpho (Kachin) Luish (Asakian)
Glottolog	`jing1259`