A grammar of the Thangmi language : : with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture / / by Mark Turin.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 5/6
• Author: Turin, Mark.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 5/6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1002 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal. The language is spoken by upwards of 30,000 people belonging to an ethnic group of the same name. The Thangmi are one of Nepal’s least documented communities. These two volumes include a grammatical description of the Dolakha dialect of Thangmi, a collection of glossed oral texts and a comprehensive lexicon with relevant examples. In addition, the reader will find an extensive ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture. For students and scholars of anthropology and linguistics, this study is a compelling illustration of the interweaving of these disciplines in the context of Himalayan studies. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One The Linguistic Classification of Thangmi -- Chapter Two The Thangmi Ethnolinguistic Context -- Chapter Three Phonology -- Chapter Four Morphophonology -- Chapter Five Nominal Morphology -- Chapter Six Morphology of Simplicia -- Chapter Seven other Verbal Constructions and Morphosyntax -- Texts -- Thangmi Lexicon -- Appendix: Kinship Charts -- Bibliography -- Index.