Timotheus A. Bodt
List of John Benjamins publications for which Timotheus A. Bodt plays a role.
2022 Reflex prediction: A case study of Western Kho-Bwa Diachronica 39:1, pp. 1–38 | Article
While analysing lexical data of Western Kho-Bwa languages of the Sino-Tibetan or Trans-Himalayan family with the help of a computer-assisted approach for historical language comparison, we observed gaps in the data where one or more varieties lacked forms for certain concepts. We employed a new… read more
2022 Bayesian phylogenetics illuminate shallower relationships among Trans-Himalayan languages in the Tibet-Arunachal area Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 45:2, pp. 171–210 | Article
Kho-Bwa, Hrusish, Mishmic, Tani, and Tshangla are language clusters that have been recurrently proposed as subgroups of the Trans-Himalayan (also known as Tibeto-Burman and Sino-Tibetan) language family. Nonetheless, their internal classification, as well as the relation with each other and with… read more
2021 The Duhumbi perspective on Proto-Western Kho-Bwa onsets Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:1, pp. 1–59 | Article
The eight Western Kho-Bwa varieties are spoken in western Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India and form a small, coherent sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman (Trans-Himalayan / Sino-Tibetan) language family. This paper presents 96 sound correspondences, mainly between the two Western Kho-Bwa… read more
2015 First notes on the phonology and classification of the Bangru language of India Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 38:1, pp. 66–123 | Article
This is the first description of the Bangru language spoken in a remote corner of Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. On the basis of our data and analysis, we identify Bangru as a Tibeto-Burman language with as its closest genetic relatives Miji and Hruso, spoken further to… read more
2014 Ethnolinguistic survey of westernmost Arunachal Pradesh: A fieldworker’s impressions Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 37:2, pp. 198–239 | Article
The area between Bhutan in the west, Tibet in the north, the Kameng river in the east and Assam in the south is home to at least six distinct phyla of the Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman, Sino-Tibetan) language family. These phyla encompass a minimum of 11, but probably 15 or even more mutually… read more