Serbi–Mongolic languages
Serbi–Mongolic, or Mongolic–Khitan, is a proposed group of languages that includes the Mongolic languages as well as the Para-Mongolic languages, a proposed extinct sister branch of the Mongolic languages.[1]
| Serbi–Mongolic | |
|---|---|
| Xianbei–Mongolic Mongolic–Khitan | |
| (tentative) | |
| Geographic distribution | Mongolia, northern China, Lake Baikal region |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | mong1349 |
Names
Serbi (*serbi) is Shimunek's reconstruction for the historical ethnonym Xianbei (鮮卑).[1]
In Glottolog 4.4, the languages are referred to as Mongolic–Khitan.[2]
Languages
Below is a preliminary classification of the Serbi–Mongolic languages in Shimunek (2017:35):[1]
- Serbi–Mongolic
- Mongolic
- Serbi–Awar (= Juha Janhunen's "Para-Mongolic"[3])
- Awar (Avar) (Wuhuan 烏桓 or Wuwan 烏丸)
- Old Serbi (Common Serbi)
Sound changes
Phonological innovations from Common Serbi–Mongolic (i.e., Proto-Serbi–Mongolic) to Proto-Mongolic and Proto-Serbi are (Shimunek 2017:415):[1]
| Proto-Mongolic innovations | Proto-Serbi innovations |
|---|---|
| *p > *h | *ɔ > *a / _C[dorsal] |
| *#ñ > *#n | *ze > *ži |
| *Vñ# > *Vi# | *se > *ši |
| *z > *s | *VbV > *Vw(V) |
| *wə > *ə | *wə > *ɔ |
See also
References
- Shimunek, Andrew (2017). Languages of Ancient Southern Mongolia and North China: a Historical-Comparative Study of the Serbi or Xianbei Branch of the Serbi-Mongolic Language Family, with an Analysis of Northeastern Frontier Chinese and Old Tibetan Phonology. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10855-3. OCLC 993110372.
- Mongolic-Khitan. Glottolog 4.4. Accessed 2021-09-29.
- Janhunen, Juha (2003a). "Proto-Mongolic". In Janhunen, Juha (ed.). The Mongolic languages.
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