Blimaw language

Blimaw
Native toMyanmar
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Blimaw is a Karenic language of Myanmar.

A word list is available in Shintani (2017).

Classification

Blimaw is classified within the Western Bwe subgroup by Luangthongkum (2019) and is hence closely related to Bwe and Geba. Like Geba, Blimaw preserves the implosives or preglottalised obstruents ɓ/ʔb and ɗ/ʔd, as well as voiceless sonorants such as hn/n̥, hl/l̥, and so forth (see Proto-Karenic language).

References

  1. 1 2 Shintani, Tadahiko (2017). The Blimaw language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) (First ed.). Tokyo: The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). ISBN 978-4-86337-248-1.
  2. ↑ Luangthongkum, Theraphan. 2019. A View on Proto-Karen Phonology and Lexicon. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) Vol. 12.1 (2019): i-lii. ISSN: 1836-6821, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52441