Phonological analysis reveals shared onset, rhyme, and tonal developments in Gzitsha, demonstrating a distinct evolutionary clade with Baima within Tibetic languages.
This paper deals with the synchronic and historical phonology of Gzitsha, a Tibetic language spoken in Jiuzhaigou county (Sichuan, China). It shows that the evolution of the onsets, the rhymes and the tonogenesis, all present unique commonalities with Baima, providing definite evidence that Gzitsha and Baima constitute a clade within the Tibetic subgroup of Sino-Tibetan.
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