Social:Bit–Khang languages
| Bit–Khang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Laos, Vietnam, China |
| Linguistic classification | Austroasiatic
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| Glottolog | khao1243[1] |
The Bit–Khang languages consist of:[2]
The Bit–Khang languages are spoken in southern China, northern Laos, and northwestern Vietnam. The Bit-Khang branch was first proposed by Paul Sidwell (2014).[2]
Classification
At first, Bit–Khang languages were usually classified as Khmuic, but Sidwell (2014)[2] has since demonstrated the Palaungic affiliation of Bit-Khang, as well as its unity. Paul Sidwell (2014)[2] proposes that these languages constitute a subgroup of Palaungic, since they display lexical innovations characteristic of the Palaungic branch such as 'eye', 'fire', 'blood', and 'laugh'.
| Gloss | Proto-Palaungic lexical innovation[3] |
|---|---|
| eye | *ˀŋaːj |
| blood | *snaːm |
| fire | *ŋal |
| laugh | *kəɲaːs |
Sidwell (2014) suggests that Bit–Khang may have originally been Eastern Palaungic, due to various isoglosses shared with Waic, Lametic, and Angkuic, but was later heavily relexified by Khmuic as Bit-Khang speakers migrated eastward into Khmuic territory.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Khao–Bit". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/khao1243.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sidwell, Paul (2014). "Khmuic Classification and Homeland" (in en). Mon-Khmer Studies 43 (1): 47–56. https://www.academia.edu/11935141.
- ↑ Sidwell, Paul (2015) (in en). The Palaungic Languages: Classification, Reconstruction and Comparative Lexicon. München: Lincom Europa. http://chl.anu.edu.au/research/publications/518/palaungic-languages-classification-reconstruction-and-comparative-lexicon. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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