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On the genetic affiliation of Shehua
论畬话的归属
Hiroki Nakanishi 中西裕树
Abstract 摘要
There has been a controversy as to which language family the Shehua (畬話) belongs to and what relations it has to do with the Sheyu (畬語). The paper examines the issues with an emphasis on the basic core vocabulary and its shared innovation in phonology. It concludes that Shehua should be classified as one of the branches of the modern Hakka dialect and that it could be derived from the same ancestor language with Sheyu in the past.
Subject Keywords 关键词
Shehua 畬话 Sheyu 畬语 Hakka dialect 客家话 Basic core vocabulary 基本词汇 Shared innovation 共同创新 Genetic affiliation 归属