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Descriptive Studies of the Ralte language in Northeast India

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26770136
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

Otsuka Kosei  東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 研究員 (90612937)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords記述言語学 / インド / チベット・ビルマ語派 / チン語支 / ラルテー語 / ミゾラム / ミャンマー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Belonging to the Kuki-Chin subgroup of Tibeto-Burman languages, Ralte is spoken mainly in the state of Mizoram in northeast India. Although the language's estimated number of current speakers is 900, Ralte's speaking population continues to decline sharply.
Until recently, foreigners were restricted from visiting Mizoram, which made it nearly impossible for foreign researchers to access Ralte and its speakers. Even though the state government has relaxed those restrictions and allowed foreigners to enter Mizoram, knowledge of Ralte remained scarce until 2010s, when plans for research on minor languages spoken in Mizoram began to take shape.
As part of that research, I have collected evidence of Ralte's basic lexicon and published preliminary papers on its phonology and grammatical issues based on data collected during my fieldwork. At present, I am preparing to publish both a sketch of Ralte's grammar and a text in the language for the purposes of documentation.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2016 2015

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] ラルテー語の人称標示2016

    • Author(s)
      大塚行誠
    • Journal Title

      東京大学言語学論集電子版

      Volume: 37 Pages: 19-28

    • NAID

      120005893560

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ラルテー語の基礎語彙とテキスト2016

    • Author(s)
      大塚 行誠
    • Journal Title

      『アジア・アフリカの言語と言語学』

      Volume: 10 Pages: 325-344

    • NAID

      120005743977

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ラルテー語における音韻体系 ―ミゾ語およびティディム・チン語との対照的考察―2015

    • Author(s)
      大塚 行誠
    • Journal Title

      東京大学言語学論集 電子版(eTULIP)

      Volume: 36 Pages: 49-59

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Person marking system in Asho Chin2015

    • Author(s)
      OTSUKA, Kosei
    • Journal Title

      North East Indian Linguistics

      Volume: 7 Pages: 125-137

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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