Kalasha, an endangered Dardic language (Indo-Aryan), is described as having series of
retroflex and retroflex-nasal vowels, each with five contrasting vowel qualities. This study …

This paper proposes an internal reconstruction of the vowel system of Pre-Khroskyabs by
analysing bound state apophony in modern Siyuewu Khroskyabs. While most modern …

As scientists, it is important to sample as broadly as possible; however, there is a bias in the
research performed on the speech acoustics of the world's languages toward work on …

This paper presents a detailed description of the phonology of the Rongpa variety of Choyul,
an understudied Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Lithang (理塘) County, Dkarmdzes …

This paper focuses on tonal development in Baima, a little-studied Tibetic (Tibeto-Burman)
language of China. Based on newly collected data and an updated phonological analysis, it …

In order to solve the problem of vowel acoustic modeling in the Mongolian language and
provide more scientific core technical support for speech recognition system, a vowel …

Pharyngealization refers to a secondary articulation whereby a set of consonants is
produced with the backing of the tongue towards the pharyngeal wall. This typologically rare …

This paper provides an acoustic description of/z/and/zʕ/in Tŝilhqot'in (Northern Dene).
These sounds are noted by Cook (1993, 2013) to show lenition and some degree of …

This chapter provides an overview of vowel harmony systems, as reported for some
languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family (also known as Tibeto-Burman or Trans …