The Tangam language : grammar, lexicon and texts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Post, Mark W.

Contributor:

Lipir, Dugbang, translator, author.

Modi, Yankee, translator, author.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 19.

Languages of the greater Himalayan region ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abor language--Grammar.

Abor language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Tangam is a critically endangered Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by around 150 hilltribespeople in the far Eastern Himalaya. A member of the Tani subgroup of Trans-Himalayan, Tangam is mutually-unintelligible with other languages of this otherwise relatively homogeneous subgroup. This is demonstrated to be a consequence of Tangam's early-branching status within the Western Tani subgroup, subsequent contact with Eastern Tani languages, and historical relationship with speakers of Bodic languages. Based on three field trips to the Tangam-speaking area over two years, this work presents a brief but comprehensive cultural, historical and grammatical introduction to the Tangam language, together with a trilingual lexicon in Tangam, English and Minyong, and a collection of fully-analysed texts. It will be of interest to linguists and anthropologists of the Himalayan region, as well as to historical linguists and language typologists.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction to Tangam Language and Culture

Grammar

Lexicon

Texts

Bibliography

Index of Topics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-34488-8

OCLC:

986538514

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004344884 DOI