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Description:
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This description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the endangered
(Tibeto-Burman) Jero language as spoken in eastern Nepal, appears in sequel
to the author's 2004 Grammar of Wambule, the language most closely
related to Jero.
It pictures the complex-pronominalising language of the Jero Rai, one of
the Kiranti tribes of eastern Nepal. With a historical comparative study
of the Kiranti languages, the branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family
to which both Jero and Wambule belong. An exhaustive and model reference
work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology and linguistic
theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian
Studies (www.iias.nl).
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