Bai, Yunfei (2025) Historical Chinese Loanwords in Tibetan. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 78 (4). pp. 729-746. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
As previous scholars have shown, Tibetans have borrowed words from neighboring languages such as Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu, Sanskrit, and various Indic vernaculars since premodern times. This article advances the time-honored philological scholarship of Sino-Tibetan linguistic contact by applying a set of methods based on both historical phonetics and digital archives to identify, trace, and periodize historical Chinese loanwords in Tibetan. It also unveils patterns of lexical borrowing from Sinitic languages by Tibetans in pre-1950s Tibet, with a particular focus on issues of spelling and indirect borrowing.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chinese loanword; Sino-Tibetan linguistic contact; Historical phonetics; Digital archive; Periodization |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2026 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2026 10:24 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/233296 |
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