Blimaw language

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Blimaw
Native to Myanmar
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ISO 639-3

Blimaw is a Karenic language of Myanmar. [1]

A word list is available in Shintani (2017). [1]

Classification

Blimaw is classified within the Western Bwe subgroup by Luangthongkum (2019) and is hence closely related to Bwe and Geba. [2] 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 ).

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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