Proto-Loloish is the reconstructed ancestor of the Loloish languages. Reconstructions include those of David Bradley (1979), James Matisoff (2003), and Ziwo Lama (2012).

Contents

• Li (2011)
• Lama (2012)
• References and notes
• See also

In later publications, in place of Loloish, David Bradley instead uses the term Ngwi based on a conservative autonym in the Sanie language. ^[1]

Li (2011)

Li Yongsui (2011) reconstructs Proto-Lolo-Burmese (Proto-Mian-Yi 缅彝) based on 30 languages.

Lama (2012)

Lama (2012) reconstructs 37 consonants for Proto-Loloish (which he calls Proto-Nisoic), 7 of which (marked in green) can occur as syllable finals. The glides /w/ and /j/ occur medially.

• Vowels (8): /i/,/y/,/ɯ/,/u/,/e/,/o/,/ɔ/,/a/
• Tones (5): 1, 2, 3 (unchecked tones), H, L (checked tones)

References and notes

• Bradley, David. 1979. Proto-Loloish. London: Curzon Press. ISBN   978-0-7007-0128-5.
• Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan. 2012. Subgrouping Of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study From The Perspectives Of Shared Innovation And Phylogenetic Estimation Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington.
• Li Yongsui [李永燧]. 2011. Burmo-Yi Phonology [缅彝语音韵学]. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press.
• Matisoff, James. 2003. Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction. University of California publications in linguistics, v. 135. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-09843-5.

See also

• Proto-Tibeto-Burman language
• Lolo-Burmese languages
• Loloish languages