This chapter is an overview of what is known about Southeast Asian register, a type of
phonological contrast common in Austroasiatic languages and attested in several …

" Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest
China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from …

Tonogenesis is the development of distinctive tone from earlier non-tonal contrasts. A well-
understood case is that of Vietnamese (similar in its essentials to that of Chinese and many …

This study investigates the acoustic and articulatory properties of phonation contrast in
Shanghainese, the most thoroughly studied Chinese Wu dialect. Although previous studies …

Breathy voiced sonorant consonants are typologically rare, more so than other non-modal
sonorants (eg voiceless sonorants, which are widely attested in language families like …

Phonation and vowel quality are often thought to play a vital role at the initial stage of
tonogenesis. This paper investigates the production of voicing and tones in a tonal Northern …

In some languages, breathy voice plays a pivotal role in tone split. After tone split, breathy
voice can undergo further changes. Suzhou Wu Chinese used to have a voicing contrast in …

The study examines acoustic correlates of the four-way laryngeal contrast in Marathi,
focusing on temporal parameters, voice quality, and onset f0. Acoustic correlates of the …

The Kam language has experienced historical tonal splits, resulting in the development of a
complex tonal system. However, there is still limited knowledge regarding the acoustic …

While the general acoustic mechanisms that explain the development of tone in language
have been understood since at least Maspero (1912. Étude Sur La Phonétique Historique …