Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction Volume 135

by James A. Matisoff

This 800-page volume is a clear and readable presentation of the current state of research on the history of the Tibeto-Burman (TB) language family, a typologically diverse group of over 250 languages spoken in Southern China, the Himalayas, NE India, and peninsular Southeast Asia. The TB languages are the only proven relatives of Chinese, with which they form the great Sino-Tibetan family.

The exposition is systematic, treating the reconstruction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520098439
• ISBN13: 9780520098435
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 802 Pages
• Weight: 4.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.8" x 11.3"