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Wiktionary:Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry guidelines

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan (PST) is the reconstructed form for the Sino-Tibetan languages, the second largest established language family in the world by the number of speakers. Chinese, Tibetan and Burmese are three of the earliest documented among all the descendants and arguably the three most important branches of this family. The reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan and its descendant proto-languages (Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB), Old Chinese (OC), etc.) is an area of active research. Major references include Benedict (1972), Coblin (1986), and Matisoff (2003).

An often cited resource on Wiktionary is the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) database, a project headed by Prof. James Matisoff, which in turn draws a large proportion of its content from Matisoff (2003). Although STEDT remains valuable as an aggregator of potential cognates, do not merely project STEDT's Proto-Tibeto-Burman forms to Proto-Sino-Tibetan! There are many reasons to avoid doing this:

  • STEDT's grasp of Tibetan sound changes is lacking. For instance, STEDT apparently fails to recognize that the velars in Tibetan བརྒྱ (brgya) and བརྒྱད (brgyad) are secondary insertions.
  • "Proto-Tibeto-Burman" vowels map poorly to Chinese vowels; for instance, STEDT Proto-Tibeto-Burman cannot account for Old Chinese *ə, which often merged with *a in most Tibeto-Burman languages.
  • STEDT's abuse of free variation to account for consonants (and vowels) failing to correpond properly between listed STEDT cognates often violates the comparative method.

Minor conversions exist between the notations in sources and those in Wiktionary, the most important being IPA-notating all proto-forms in Wiktionary (e.g. STEDT 'y' = Wiktionary 'j').

Words

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See Category:Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots.

Phylogeny

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  • Chinese (with the Old Chinese reconstruction in the |tr= parameter; Baxter-Sagart is preferred)
  • Kamarupan
    • North Assam
      • Tani
      • Deng
    • Kuki-Chin
      • Peripheral Chin
        • Northern Chin
        • Southern Plains Chin
      • Central Chin
      • Maraic
      • "Old Kuki"
    • "Naga"
      • Northern Naga
      • Central Naga (Ao Group)
      • Angami-Pochuri Group
      • Zeme Group
      • Tangkhulic
    • Meithei
    • Mikir
    • Mru
    • Bodo-Garo = Barish
    • Chairel
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Western Himalayish
      • Bodish
        • Tibetic
          • Written Tibetan
        • Dakpa-Dzala
        • East Bodish
          • Bumthangkha
          • Khengkha
          • Kurtöp
      • Lepcha
      • Tamangic
      • Dhimal
    • Newar
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
      • Kiranti
        • Eastern Kiranti = Rai
        • Western Kiranti
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
      • Central Loloish
      • Southern Loloish
  • Naic
    • Namuyi
    • Shixing
    • Naish
      • Naxi
      • Narua
      • Laze
      • Malimasa
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Tangut
      • Khroskyabs
    • rGyalrong
      • Japhug
      • Situ
      • Tshobdun
      • Zbu
  • Jingpho-Nung-Asakian
    • Jingpho
    • Nungic
    • Asakian
  • Tujia
  • Karenic
  • Bai

Other resources

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Old Chinese

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Two reconstructions of Old Chinese should be listed: Baxter-Sagart (2014) (abbrev. B-S) and Zhengzhang (2003) (abbrev. ZS), when these exist.

Reconstruction by Baxter-Sagart (2014)

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Base consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Laryngeal
plain phary. plain phary. plain plain plain labial. phary. phary. labial. plain plain labial. phary. phary. labial. plain phary. phary. labial.
Stop Voiceless unaspirated p pˤ t tˤ k kʷ kˤ kʷˤ q qʷ qˤ qʷˤ ʔ ʔˤ (*)ʔʷˤ
Voiceless aspirated pʰ pʰˤ tʰ tʰˤ kʰ kʷʰ kʰˤ kʷʰˤ qʰ qʷʰ qʰˤ qʷʰˤ
Voiced b bˤ d dˤ g gʷ gˤ gʷˤ ɢ ɢʷ ɢˤ ɢʷˤ
Affricate Voiceless unaspirated t͡s t͡sˤ
Voiceless aspirated t͡sʰ t͡sʰˤ
Voiced d͡z d͡zˤ
Fricative Voiceless s sˤ
Nasal Voiceless m̥ m̥ˤ n̥ n̥ˤ ŋ̊ ŋ̊ʷ ŋ̊ˤ ŋ̊ʷˤ
Voiced m mˤ n nˤ ŋ ŋʷ ŋˤ ŋʷˤ
Approximant Voiceless l̥ l̥ˤ
Voiced l lˤ j w
Trill Voiceless r̥ r̥ˤ
Voiced r rˤ

Vowels

front central back
close i ə u
open e a o

Reconstruction by Zhengzhang (2003)

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Initials
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unvoiced unaspirated plosive unvoiced aspirated plosive voiced plosive nasal unvoiced aspirated nasal liquid unvoied aspirated liquid
velar k kʰ g ŋ ŋ̊ʰ
uvular q, ʔ qʰ, h ɢ, ɦ
bilabial p pʰ b m m̥ʰ
alveolar t tʰ d n n̥ʰ l l̥ʰ
uvular s sʰ, t͡sʰ z, d͡z r r̥ʰ
Prefixes
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fricative glottal nasal rhotic plosive
s- ʔ-, h-, ɦ- m-, n-, ŋ- r- p-, k-, t-
Glides
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non-liquid liquid plosivised liquid
j, w r, l r'-, l'
Vowels
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front central back
close i ɯ u
open e a o
Codas
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  • -m, -n, -ŋ, -l/-i, -w, -ø
  • -b, -d, -g, -wɢ/-ug, -q/-ʔ, -s/-h

Written Tibetan

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Allowed initials in Written Tibetan and their pronunciations in Modern Lhasa dialect:

Base＼Prefix(es) Ø b- d- g- m- '- s- l- r- bs- bl- br-
k-
/k/ 		(k-)
/k/		 bk-
/k/		 dk-
/k/		 sk-
/k/		 lk-
/k/		 rk-
/k/		 bsk-
/k/		 brk-
/k/
(kw-)
(ky-)
/c/		 bky-
/c/		 dky-
/c/		 sky-
/c/		 rky-
/c/		 bsky-
/c/		 brky-
/c/
(kr-)
/ʈʂ/		 bkr-
/ʈʂ/		 dkr-
/ʈʂ/		 skr-
/ʈʂ/		 bskr-
/ʈʂ/
kl-
/l/		 bkl-
/l/
kh-
/kʰ/ 		kh-
/kʰ/		 mkh-
/kʰ/		 'kh-
/kʰ/
khw-
/kʰ/
khy-
/cʰ/		 mkhy-
/cʰ/		 'khy-
/cʰ/
khr-
/ʈʂʰ/		 mkhr-
/ʈʂʰ/		 'khr-
/ʈʂʰ/
g-
/ɡ/ 		g-
/kʰː/		 bg-
/kː/		 dg-
/kː/		 mg-
/ŋk/		 'g-
/ŋk/		 sg-
/kː/		 lg-
/kː/		 rg-
/kː/		 bsg-
/kː/		 brg-
/kː/
gw-
gy-
/cʰː/		 bgy-
/cː/		 dgy-
/cː/		 mgy-
/ɲc/		 'gy-
/ɲc/		 sgy-
/cː/		 lgy- rgy-
/cː/		 bsgy-
/cː/		 brgy-
/cː/
gr-
/ʈʂʰː/		 bgr-
/ʈʂː/		 dgr-
/ʈʂː/		 mgr-
/ɳʈʂ/		 'gr-
/ɳʈʂ/		 sgr-
/ʈʂː/		 lgr- bsgr-
/ʈʂː/
grw-
/ʈʂʰː/
gl-
/l/
ng-
/ŋ/ 		ng-
/ŋ/		 dng-
/ŋ/		 mng-
/ŋ/		 sng-
/ŋ/		 lng-
/ŋ/		 rng-
/ŋ/		 bsng-
/ŋ/		 brng-
/ŋ/
c-
/t͡ɕ/ 		(c-)
/t͡ɕ/		 bc-
/t͡ɕ/		 gc-
/t͡ɕ/		 lc-
/t͡ɕ/
ch-
/t͡ɕʰ/ 		ch-
/t͡ɕʰ/		 mch-
/t͡ɕʰ/		 'ch-
/t͡ɕʰ/
j-
/d͡ʑ/ 		j-
/t͡ɕʰː/		 mj-
/ɲt͡ɕ/		 'j-
/ɲt͡ɕ/		 lj-
/ɲt͡ɕ/		 rj-
/t͡ɕː/		 brj-
/ɲt͡ɕ/
ny-
/ɲ/ 		ny-
/ɲ/		 gny-
/ɲ/		 mny-
/ɲ/		 sny-
/ɲ/		 rny-
/ɲ/		 bsny-
/ɲ/		 brny-
/ɲ/
nyw-
/ɲ/
t-
/t/ 		(t-)
/t/		 bt-
/t/		 gt-
/t/		 st-
/t/		 lt-
/t/		 rt-
/t/		 bst-
/t/		 blt-
/t/		 brt-
/t/
tr-
/ʈʂ/
th-
/tʰ/ 		th-
/tʰ/		 mth-
/tʰ/		 'th-
/tʰ/
d-
/d/ 		d-
/tʰː/		 bd-
/tː/		 gd-
/tː/		 md-
/nt/		 'd-
/nt/		 sd-
/tː/		 ld-
/nt/		 rd-
/tː/		 bsd-
/tː/		 bld-
/tː/		 brd-
/tː/
dw-
/tː/
dr-
/ʈʂː/		 'dr-
/ɳʈʂ/
n-
/n/ 		n-
/n/		 gn-
/n/		 mn-
/n/		 sn-
/n/		 rn-
/n/		 bsn-
/n/		 brn-
/n/
(nr-) snr-
p-
/p/ 		(p-)
/p/		 dp-
/p/		 sp-
/p/		 lp-
/p/
py- dpy-
/t͡ɕ/		 spy-
/t͡ɕ/
(pr-)
/ʈʂ/		 dpr-
/ʈʂ/		 spr-
/ʈʂ/
ph-
/pʰ/ 		ph-
/pʰ/		 'ph-
/pʰ/
phy-
/t͡ɕʰ/		 'phy-
/t͡ɕʰ/
phyw-
/t͡ɕʰ/
phr-
/ʈʂʰ/		 'phr-
/ʈʂʰ/
b-
/b/ 		b-
/pʰː/		 db-
/ˀw/		 'b-
/mp/		 sb-
/pː/		 lb-
/mp/		 rb-
/pː/
by-
/t͡ɕʰː/		 dby-
/j/		 'by-
/ɲt͡ɕ/		 sby-
/t͡ɕː/
br-
/ʈʂː/		 dbr-
/r/		 'br-
/ɳʈʂ/		 sbr-
/(p)ʈʂː/
bl-
/l/
m-
/m/ 		m-
/m/		 dm-
/m/		 sm-
/m/		 rm-
/m/
(mr-) smr-
/m/
my-
/ɲ/		 dmy-
/ɲ/		 smy-
/ɲ/		 rmy-
/ɲ/
ts-
/t͡s/ 		(ts-)
/t͡s/		 bts-
/t͡s/		 gts-
/t͡s/		 sts-
/t͡s/		 rts-
/t͡s/		 bsts-
/t͡s/		 brts-
/t͡s/
tsw- rtsw-
/t͡s/
tsh-
/t͡sʰ/ 		tsh-
/t͡sʰ/		 mtsh-
/t͡sʰ/		 'tsh-
/t͡sʰ/
tshw-
/t͡sʰ/
dz-
/d͡z/ 		(dz-)
/t͡sʰː/		 mdz-
/nts/		 'dz-
/nts/		 rdz-
/t͡sː/		 brdz-
/t͡sː/
w-
/w/ 		(w-)
/w/
zh-
/ʑ/ 		zh-
/ɕː/		 bzh-
/ɕː/		 gzh-
/ɕː/
zhw-
/ɕː/
z-
/z/ 		z-
/sː/		 bz-
/sː/		 gz-
/sː/
zl-
/nt/		 bzl-
/nt/
'-
/ɦ/ 		'-
/ˀ/
y-
/j/ 		y-
/j/		 g.y-
/j/
r-
/r/ 		r-
/r/
rw-
/r/
rl-
/l/		 brl-
/l/
l-
/l/ 		l-
/l/
lw-
/l/
sh-
/ɕ/ 		sh-
/ɕ/		 bsh-
/ɕ/		 gsh-
/ɕ/
shw-
/ɕ/
s-
/s/ 		s-
/s/		 bs-
/s/		 gs-
/s/
sr-
/s/		 bsr-
/(ʈʂ)s/
sl-
/l/		 bsl-
/l/
h-
/h/ 		h-
/h/		 lh-
/ɬ/
hw-
/h/
hr-
/ʂ/

Written Burmese

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See Wiktionary:Burmese transliteration.

Participants

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See also

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