On the tip of many tongues: apical vowels across Sino-Tibetan

Stephen Baron (1)

1 Department of linguistics

Apical vowels are known to play an important role in the phonologies of scores of languages throughout East and South East Asia. This paper is an attempt at shedding light on their nature and origin.

Mots clés: apical vowels; apicalization; Sino-Tibetan

Domaines: Linguistique

Stephen Baron. On the tip of many tongues: apical vowels across Sino-Tibetan. 7th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistic Studies, Oct 1974, Atlanta, GA, United States. ⟨halshs-01400987⟩