Meaning of Yiish | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or relating to the Yi language family of Sino-Tibetan languages.

not-comparable

Examples

“...maps of the following groups: Kam Tai, Miao-Yao, Tibeto-Burman including Yiish, Mongol languages, Turkic languages, and Man-Tungus languages.”

“It deals with syntactic change⟳ on a scale comparable to that presupposed by the ST articulation -- and in much the same directions -- that has taken place⟳ in a group of languages known in Chana as the "Yi" and in the West as the "Lolo", that form⟳ one of the major groupings in the Loloish (or "Yiish") subbranch of TB.”

“I believe⟳ that Anong is rather close⟳ to Dulong, belonging in the Jingpho subgroup of TB; while Rouruo and Nusu, since they are fairly close⟳ to the Yi languages, probably belong⟳ in the Yiish (- Loloish) subgroup of TB.”

“Both are closely related to Burmese, and with other languages, are grouped in a Burmish branch, which in turn⟳ is closely related to the extensive Yiish group of southwest China and bordering regions.”

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