Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Sastod is a previously undescribed form of Tibetic located in the far-western corner of Khrochu County in northern Sichuan. This first publication on the language features a detailed treatment of the Sastod sound system and its evolution, drawing on primary fieldwork data. The special phonological and lexical traits of Sastod presented here bear out its distinct identity from the regionally dominant Amdo language. The diagnostic Sastod sound changes shared across varieties of Khrochu Tibetan further reveal Sastod’s close affinity with its Tibetic neighbors inside the county.
Source: Language and Linguistics 語言暨語言學
Author: Jackson T.-S. Sun
Institutions: SOAS University of London, Academia Sinica
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4413250090