Table of Contents

PART 1: Overview Chapters

C01 Sino-Tibetan: genetic and areal subgroups - Graham Thurgood

C02 Overview of Sino-Tibetan morphosyntax - Randy J. LaPolla

C03 Word order in Sino-Tibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective - Matthew S. Dryer

PART 2: Sinitic

C04 The Sinitic languages: phonology - Zev Handel

C05 The Sinitic languages: grammar - Anne O. Yue

C06 The characteristics of Mandarin dialects - Dah-an Ho

C07 Cantonese - Robert S. Bauer and Stephen Matthews

C08 Shanghainese - Eric Zee and Liejiong Xu

C09 Chinese writing - Mark Hansell

PART 3: Tibeto-Burman

§3.1: Languages of NE India

C10 The Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeastern India - Mark W. Post and Robbins Burling

C11 Garo - Robbins Burling

C12 Hakha Lai - David A. Peterson

C13 Mongsen Ao - Alexander R. Coupe

C14 Karbi - Linda Konnerth

C15 Tani languages - Mark W. Post and Jackson T.-S. Sun

C16 Meithei - Shobhana Chelliah

C17 Tangsa - Stephen D. Morey

§3.2: Bodish languages

C18 Classical Tibetan - Scott DeLancey

C19 Lhasa Tibetan - Scott DeLancey

C20 Kurtöp - Gwendolyn Hyslop

C21 Tshangla - Erik Andvik

C22 Dolakhae Newar - Carol Genetti

C23 Kathmandu Newar (Nepāl Bhāṣā) - David Hargreaves

§3.3: Tamangic

C24 Tamang - Martine Mazaudon

C25 Chantyal - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt

C26 Manange - Kristine Hildebrandt and Oliver Bond

C27 Nar Phu - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt

§3.4 Rung languages

§3.4.1: Rgyalrong languages

C28 Tshobdun rGyalrong - Jackson T.-S. Sun

C29 Cogtse rGyarong - Yasuhiko Nagano

C30 Stau (Ergong, Horpa) - Guillaume Jacques, Lai Yunfan, Anton Antonov and Lobsang Nima

C31 Japhug - Guillaume Jacques

§3.4.2: Rawang-Dulong-Anong

C32 Dulong - Randy J. LaPolla

§3.4.3: Kiranti

C33 Kiranti languages - Boyd Michailovsky

C34 Hayu - Boyd Michailovsky

C35 Belhare - Balthasar Bickel

C36 Camling - Karen H. Ebert

C37 Wambule Rai - Jean Robert Opgenort

§3.4.4: Western Himalayan

C38 Sangla Kinnauri - Anju Saxena

§3.5: Qiangic

C39 Qiang - Randy J. LaPolla

C40 Prinmi - Picus Sizhi Ding

C41 Tangut - Gong Hwang-cherng

C42 Lizu [Ersu] - Katia Chirkova

§3.6: Naic [Naxi]

C43 Yongning Na (Mosuo) - Liberty A. Lidz

§3.7: Lolo-Burmese

C44 Burmese - Julian K. Wheatley

C45 Zaiwa - Zhu Yanhua

C46 Akha - Inga-Lill Hansson

C47 Lisu - David Bradley

C48 James Matisoff Lahu

§3.8: Karenic

C49 Eastern K

About the Author

Graham Thurgood PhD is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Chico, USA.

Randy J. LaPolla PhD FAHA is Professor of Linguistics at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.