This paper proposes that Tangut should be classified as a West Gyalrongic language in the
Sino-Tibetan/Trans-Himalayan family. We examine lexical commonalities, case marking …

Fieldwork from the past decade has yielded new data from a cluster of languages in Western
Sichuan (China), resulting in new observations relevant for the understanding of Tangut …

This article presents a typological survey of verbal numeral classifiers (VNCs) in languages
of Eastern Eurasia. As classifiers of occurrence (eg, to V once, to V twice), VNCs are …

This article presents a comprehensive survey of anticausativization within Gyalrongic
languages, a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Sichuan, China, contributing …

There are four distinct forms conveying the meaning of 'human, person, man'across
Gyalrongic languages. The default type (Japhug tɯ-rme), the rounded type (Khroskyabs …

This paper offers new evidence from Stau, Geshiza, and Khroskyabs to address the question
of directionality in valency-changing derivations in Sino-Tibetan. Examining Stau, Geshiza …

This paper uses Gyalrongic languages, a conservative branch of Sino-Tibetan, to illustrate a
new method to evaluate proto-language reconstructions in general historical linguistics and …

Sichuan peppercorn Zanthoxylum sp. is an important food condiment, currently used in East
Asia and South Asia. In this paper, we review genetic, archaeological, and linguistic …

This paper studies the four distinct native terms for 'corpse'attested in Gyalrongic languages.
Through comparative analysis, it establishes the sound correspondences among cognates …

This paper revisits the orientation systems in Situ Rgyalrong (Burmo‐Qiangic, Sino‐Tibetan).
These systems reflect heliocentric (eg, east/west) or topographic (eg, upriver/downriver) …