論藏緬語族中的羌語支語言

On Language of the Qiangic Branch in Tibeto-Burman

本文分6個部分：第一部分簡要介紹了藏緬語族中一個新發現的語支──羌語支所包括語言的使用人口、地域分布，並對羌語支內部各語言之間的遠近關係發表了看法；第二部分介紹了學術界對羌語支語言的研究狀況以及存在的不同意見；第三、四兩個部分討論了羌語支的語音、語法和詞彙的基本特點以及形成羌語支的歷史和文化背景；第五部分討論了羌語支在藏緬語族中的歷史地位；文章最後部分對羌語支語言研究中的一些不同意見，如一些語言是否屬於羌語支，羌語支的一些語言的名稱提出了自己的看法。

This paper is composed of 6 sections. Section 1 provides an overview of the demography and geographical distribution of languages in Qiangic, a newly discovered Tibeto-Burman branch, plus my personal views on the interrelations of the languages within this branch. Sections 2 summarizes the state of current research on Qiangic and the existing controversies. Sections 3 and 4 are devoted to the basic phonological, grammatical, lexical characteristics, and the cultural and historical backgrounds of the development of the Qiangic branch. Section 5 discusses the linguistic position of Qiangic in Tibeto-Burman branch. In the remainder of the paper, I propose suggestions concerning the identification and nomenclature of certain problematic Qiangic languages.