Description of the Kaike language and investigation of its relationship to the Tibetan language

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520486
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya College
• Principal Investigator: Honda Isao 名古屋短期大学, 英語コミュニケーション学科, 教授 (10269681)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 歴史言語学 / チベット＝ビルマ諸語 / カイケ語 / チベット語 / 言語系統 / 言語接触 / タマン諸語 / ヒマラヤ諸語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, field research was conducted several times in Nepal to investigate a language called Kaike and the Tichyurong dialect of the Tibetan language, both of which belong to the Tibeto-Burman language group and are spoken in an area called Tichyurong (the Dolpa district, Nepal). Based on the data collected during the field trips, the description on these two languages was significantly progressed, and a much greater understanding has developed of how much evidence and traces of their language contact exist in the languages, and of what kinds of influence and change one has brought on the other. In addition, the project made an important contribution to a deeper and clearer understanding of the relation between Kaike, Tibetan, and Tamangic languages.

Free Research Field

言語学