• Source: Maraic languages

The Maraic languages are a branch of Kuki-Chin languages.




Languages


The Maraic languages are (VanBik 2009:23):

Mara (Tlosai)
Lyvaw (Lochei and Chira)
Sizo ( Chapi, Ngaphe and Sabyh)
Lutuv (Lytu/Kahno)
Zophei (Vawngtu, Leitak)
Senthang
Zotung (Calthawng, Innmai, Lungngo)
Hlaipao (Vahapi [Zyhno], Heima and Lialai)




Sound changes


VanBik (2009) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Kuki-Chin to Proto-Maraic.

Proto-Kuki-Chin *-p, *-t, *-k > Proto-Maraic *-ʔ
Proto-Kuki-Chin *-ʔ > Proto-Maraic zero
Proto-Kuki-Chin *-r, *-l > Proto-Maraic zero
Proto-Kuki-Chin *kr- > Proto-Maraic *ts-




References



Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.
VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Maraic languages
• Kuki-Chin languages
• Kuki-Chin–Naga languages
• Chin people
• Mara people
• Senthang language
• Zyphe language
• Lautu language
• Mara language
• Zanniat