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The origin and evolution of retroflex finals in Naish languages
纳西语卷舌韵母的来源与演变
Zihe Li 李子鹤
Abstract 摘要
In each known Naish language, there is at least one retroflex final; this paper describes the distributions of retroflex finals in five Naish languages spoken in Yunnan. Through sound correspondence analysis, this paper traces the origin of retroflex finals in Naish languages and explains related sound changes from Proto-Naish to modern dialects. The law of retroflex final evolution recognizes that the historical development of these finals had spread from west to east—the further east, the more finals have emerged from splitting, and the less the words have retroflex elements, while a new round of retroflexion is on the rise in eastern most languages.
已知的纳西语方言都至少有一个卷舌韵母。本文描写五个纳西语方言中卷舌韵母的共时分布，通过语音对应追溯纳西语卷舌韵母的来源，解释从原始纳西语到现代方言的相关音变。纳西语与卷舌韵母相关的音变规律自西向东进展，越是位于东方的方言，原始语卷舌韵类分化出的韵母越多，卷舌韵母所辖的词越少，而在最东方的两个方言中又出现了新一轮的韵母卷舌化。
Subject Keywords 主题词
Naish languages 纳西语 Naxi Retroflex 卷舌韵母 final Sound correspondence 语音对应 Proto-Naish 原始纳西语