Jiarong, Eastern

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    Introduction

    Jiarong is distinguished by its morphological complexity, and the archaisms. It's considered by linguists to be a living fossil of the Sino-Tibetan languages.

    The samples on this page are based on the Cogtse/Somang dialects.

    The verb

    Personal markers of the Jiarong verb

    Person Singular Dual Plural
    Intransitive Transitive Intransitive Transitive Intransitive Transitive
    1st -tʃh -i
    2nd tə- -n tə- -u tə- -ntʃh tə- -ŋ
    3rd - -u wə- -ntʃh kə- -ntʃh wə- -ŋ kə- -ŋ

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