Predictability of Phonological Changes in Burmese

  • Rudolf Yanson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.83.1.95-115
Keywords: Phonological system, phonological subsystems, vowel symmetr, evolution, initials, rimes, reconstructions

Abstract

This article intends to show that there are sound changes underway in modern Burmese that are not reflected in the standard pronunciations given in dictionaries and textbooks, and that, moreover, these changes continue trends that have been apparent throughout the nine hundred years of the known history of the Burmese phonological system.

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Author Biography

Rudolf Yanson

RUDOLF A.YANSON, graduate of the Dept. of Burmese philology of Leningrad University (1962), PhD degree 1969, Doctor degree 1992. Currently Head of the Department of Philology of Southeast Asia and Korea, St. Petersburg University. Fields of interest: phonology of syllabic languages, phonological problems of Old Burmese, History of the Burmese language, grammar of Modern Burmese, Old Burmese Inscriptions. Author of about 70 publications (most in Russian) including the monograph “Issues in Old Burmese Phonology” (1990).

Published
2015-05-15
How to Cite
Yanson, R. (2015). Predictability of Phonological Changes in Burmese. Archiv orientální, 83(1), 95-115. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.83.1.95-115
Issue
Vol. 83 No. 1 (2015)
Section
Research Article

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