Areal features in Gongduk, Bjokapakha and Black Mountain Mönpa phonology

@article{Gerber2020ArealFI,  title={Areal features in Gongduk, Bjokapakha and Black Mountain M{\"o}npa phonology},  author={Pascal Gerber},  journal={Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area},  year={2020},  volume={43},  pages={55-86},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:225218734}}
  • Pascal Gerber
  • Published28 August 2020
  • Linguistics
  • Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area
Abstract This paper argues that certain phonological similarities between the three Trans-Himalayan languages Gongduk, Bjokapakha (Tshangla) and Black Mountain Monpa are areal features and discusses the historical and ethnolinguistic implications of this assumption. The similarities between Gongduk and Bjokapakha indicate a situation of areal convergence of recent data. This contact scenario explains certain aberrancies of Bjokapakha with regard to other Tshangla varieties. The attestation of… 

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