Research Guides: List of Grammars (Non-Indo-European): Asia

Languages of Asia

Anong
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Myanmar, China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
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Ao (Mongsen)
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India (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
Arabic
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Egypt, Yemen (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic
Arabic (classical)
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Saudi Arabia (Afro-Asiatic)
Arabic (standard)
Saudi Arabia (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
Aramaic
Middle East (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
Aramaic (Biblical)
Israel-Palestine (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
Georgia (Afro-Asiatic)
Cantonese (Modern)
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
- Title: Modern Cantonese Phonology
Chinese (1997)
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Chinese (Standard)
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- Title: The Phonology of Standard Chinese
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Chinese, Mandarin
China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
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Domari
Iran (Indo-Iranian)
Approved for LING 115
Hebrew
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Israel (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
Hebrew (Biblical)
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Israel (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
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Hebrew (Mishnaic)
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Israel (ancient) – (Afro-Asiatic)
Hindi (1967)
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Not approved for LING 115
Hindi (1995)
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Not approved for LING 115
Hindi (2006)
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Approved for LING 115
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Japanese (1980)
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Japan (Japonic)
Not approved for LING 115
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language
- See also: A History of the Japanese Language
Japanese (2002, rev. 2013)
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Japan (Japonic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language
- See also: A History of the Japanese Language
Japanese (2012)
Japan (Japonic)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: Japanese Phonology
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language
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- See also: A History of the Japanese Language
Kannada (Spoken)
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India (Dravidian)
- Alternate Names: Banglori, Canarese, Kanarese, Madrassi
Kazakh
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Kazakhstan (Altaic)
Not approved for LING 115
Kham
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Nepal (Sino-Tibetan)
Kharia
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India (Austro-Asiatic)
Khmer, Central (Cambodian)
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Cambodia (Austro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
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Kohistani, Indus
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Pakistan (Indo-Iranian)
Kolami
India (Dravidian)
Approved for LING 115
Korean (1996)
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Korea (Language Isolate)
- See also: A History of the Korean Language
Korean (2006)
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Korea (Language Isolate)
Not approved for LING 115
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- See also: A History of the Korean Language
Korean (2010)
Korea (Language Isolate)
Approved for LING 115
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- N.B.: Many examples are given only in Hangul; however, a full explanation of how to read Hangul is in the grammar. Best for a student who can already read Hangul or who wishes to learn how to read Hangul.
- See also: A History of the Korean Language
Kurtop
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Bhutan (Sino-Tibetan)
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstan (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
Lahu
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Lao
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Laos (Tai-Kadai)
Not approved for LING 115
Lepcha
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India (Sino-Tibetan)
Madurese
Indonesia (Austronesian)
Maithili
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India (Indo-Iranian)
- Alternate Names: Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Malay, Jambi
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Indonesia (Austronesian)
Manchu
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China (Altaic)
Marathi
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Mong Njua
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Laos (Hmong-Mien)
Not approved for LING 115
Mongolian
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Mongolia (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: The Phonology of Mongolian
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Nepali
Nepal (Indo-Iranian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Palestinian Jewish Aramaic
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Israel-Palestine (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
Pali
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Not approved for LING 115
Pashto
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Pakistan & Afghanistan (Indo-Iranian)
Proto-Tai
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China, Southeast Asia (Tai-Kadai)
- N.B. The Phonology of Proto-Tai ; Use the "find it" button to request through ILL.
Qiang
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Samaritan
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Palestine (Afro-Asiatic)
Sanskrit
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India (Indo-Iranian)
Not approved for LING 115
Sinhala
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Sri Lanka (Indo-Iranian)
Sunwar
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Nepal (Sino-Tibetan)
Syriac (New Testament)
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Turkey, Iraq, Syria (Afro-Asiatic)
Tagalog (1905)
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Philippines (Austronesian)
Not approved for LING 115
Tagalog (1972)
Philippines (Austronesian)
Approved for LING 115
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Tamil
India (Dravidian)
Approved for LING 115
Teiwa (Pantar)
Indonesia (Trans-New Guinea)
Tibetan
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India, China, and neighboring countries (Sino-Tibetan)
Not approved for LING 115
Toda
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India (Dravidian)
Approved for LING 115
Tsat
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China, Southern (Austronesian)
- Alternate Names: Hainan Cham, Hui, Huihui, Sanya Hui, Utsat, Utset
Tshangla
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Bhutan (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
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Tukang Besi
Indonesia (Austronesian)
Approved for LING 115
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Turkish (1976)
Turkish (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
- Not tone language
Turkish (2010)
Turkey (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
- Not tone language
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- An older edition (1997) is also available.
Tuvan
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Russia (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
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Ugaritic
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Syria (ancient) – (Afro-Asiatic)
Urdu
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Pakistan (Indo-Iranian)
Not approved for LING 115
Uzbek
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
Vietnamese
Viet Nam (Austro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 15–
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Vietnamese (Annamese)
Viet Nam (Austro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: very brief discussion p. 28
Wutun
China (Mixed Language)
Approved for LING 115