Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages : proceedings of a symposium held in Leiden, June 26, 2000, at the Ninth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies / edited by Christopher I. Beckwith
Machine generated contents note: Old Zhangzhung Manuscript Stein Or 8212/ 188 / Tsuguhito Takeuchi -- Some Characteristics of the Tibeto-Burman Stock of Early Classical Newari / Kashinath Tamot -- Two Pyu-Tibetan Isoglosses / Christopher I. Beckwith -- On Pali-Burmese Interference / Rudolf A. Yanson -- Early Meithei Manuscripts / Shobhana Chelliah / Sohini Ray -- Subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman / David Bradley -- Sino-Tibetan Problem / Christopher I. Beckwith -- Glossary of Pyu / Christopher I. Beckwith -- List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions / Rudolf A. Yanson -- Glossary of Early Classical Tibeto-Burman Newari / Kashinath Tamot -- Preliminary Glossary of Tangut from Tibetan Transcriptions / Ksenia B. Kepping / Christopher I. Beckwith
Summary
This work approaches Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics according to the classical Indo-European model. Articles are included on: Old Zhangzhung, early classical Newari, Pyu, Old Burmese and early Meithei. Glossaries of several early Tibeto-Burman languages are included