Blimaw language

Karenic language
Blimaw
Native toMyanmar
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Karen languages
      • Western Bwe
        • Blimaw
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Blimaw is a Karenic language of Myanmar.[1]

A word list is available in Shintani (2017).[1]

Classification

Blimaw is classified within the Western Bwe subgroup by Luangthongkum (2019), and is hence closely related to Bwe and Geba.[2] Like Geba, Blimaw preserves the implosives or preglottalised obstruents ɓ/ʔb and ɗ/ʔd, as well as voiceless sonorants such as hn/n̥, hl/l̥, and so forth (see Proto-Karenic language).

References

  1. ^ a b Shintani, Tadahiko. 2017. The Blimaw language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 112. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
  2. ^ Luangthongkum, Theraphan. 2019. A View on Proto-Karen Phonology and Lexicon. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) Vol. 12.1 (2019): i-lii. ISSN: 1836-6821, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52441
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