2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Descriptive and Morphosyntactic Study of Mangdebikha, an endangered language in the kingdom of Bhutan
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23720195
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Iwate University (2013)
Akita University (2011-2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | マンデビ語 / ブータン王国 / 記述言語学 / 危機言語 / チベット・ビルマ語派 |
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| Research Abstract |
Mangdebi kha, is a language of the East Bodish group spoken in the Mangde river basin, on the eastern slopes of the Black Mountains of west central Bhutan and also in adjacent parts of the western Black Mountains. The language is also spoken in several villages to the east of the Mangdechu between Trongsa and Zh'amgang. The Mangde speaking area is bounded to the west by Dzongkha, to the east by the Bumthang language, to the north by the Lakha speaking area, and to the south by the Kheng and Black Mountain Monpa languages. Throughout the research period, we could work on Tshangkha variety of Mangdebikha, under the auspices of the Dzongkha Development Commission of the Royal Government of Bhutan toward the completion of a grammar of Mangde. Main research findings we obtained are as follows: pitch accent system of compounding words, origin of basic words, case marking system, and sociolinguistic aspects of this language.
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