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A Study on difference in the realization of Old Tibetan consonant clusters in modern Tibetan dialects – focused on the Ü-Tsang dialect

  • Journal of Chinese Language and Literature
  • 2024, (97), pp.193-211
  • Publisher : Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : November 20, 2024
  • Accepted : December 13, 2024
  • Published : December 30, 2024

Park, Kyujung 1

1대구대학교

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ABSTRACT

Tibetan language is of which is spoken by the tibetan tribes living in P.R. China and surrounding countries, and Ü-Tsang dialect is used in the central and western area of Xizang Autonomous Region. Onset consonant cluster, of which is one of the important characteristics in Tibetan language, is known as the disappeared in Ü-Tsang dialect, e.g Lhasa dialect. But, some dialects in Houzangtuyu such as Gar dialect at Ü-Tsang preserve consonant cluster under restrictive conditions. This kind of difference between Lhasa dialect and Gar dialect is resulted from the distinction between the constraint hierarchies. In Lhasa dialect of which constraints *Complex-Onset, I-Contig, *Vd-Obs Onset rank high, consonant cluster can’t be parsed and change into single consonant. But if subscript is ɹ, segments in front of ɹ are parsed as voiceless retroflex affricate. Though consonant clusters are kept under specific conditions in Gar dialect of which constraint Onset-Cond dominates other constraints, but the first phoneme is fixed as ‘n’ because of constraints *σ[[-Nas]∨[-Cor]CV.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.