| Serbi–Mongolic | |
|---|---|
| Xianbei–Mongolic Mongolic–Khitan | |
| (tentative) | |
| Geographic distribution | Mongolia, northern China, Lake Baikal region |
| Linguistic classification | proposed language family |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | mong1349 |
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]
Names[edit]
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[edit]
Below is a preliminary classification of the Serbi–Mongolic languages in Shimunek (2017:35):[1]
- Serbi–Mongolic
- Mongolic[3][4]
- Central Mongolic languages
- Eastern Central Mongolic
- Oirat
- Ordos Mongolian
- Southern Mongolic languages
- Daur
- Moghol
- Central Mongolic languages
- Serbi–Awar (= Juha Janhunen's "Para-Mongolic"[5])
- Awar (Avar) (Wuhuan 烏桓 or Wuwan 烏丸)
- Old Serbi (Common Serbi)
- Mongolic[3][4]
Sound changes[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d 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 (2006:232–233)
- ^ Nugteren (2011)
- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2003a). "Proto-Mongolic". In Janhunen, Juha (ed.). The Mongolic languages. Routledge. ISBN 9780700711338.
Sources[edit]
- Janhunen, Juha (2006). "Mongolic languages". In Brown, K. (ed.). The encyclopedia of language & linguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 231–234.
- Nugteren, Hans (2011). Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages (Ph.D. thesis). Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke – LOT.