PhoPhoNo

This project has been completed in January 2020, but this website will be updated when new information becomes available.

Check out the phophono digital archive: https://phophono.aa-ken.jp

The research project "Phonetics, Phonology and New Orthographies in Roman and Indigenous Script: Helping Native Language Communities in the Himalayas (PhoPhoNO)" aims to conduct phonological research on three Trans-Himalayan languages, namely the Drenjongke language of Sikkim and two Tamang lects, and to develop orthographies for each of these languages. PhoPhoNO represents a joint project between the University of Bern in Switzerland and International Christian University of Japan and will embody a new approach to the documentation and description of linguistic structures, by combining the expertise and competence of scholars working in different domains and allowing more in-depth research. The linguists in Bern and in Tokyo will use their expertise to help three native language communities in the Himalayas.

This work was supported by Strategic Japanese-Swiss Science and Technology Programme of JSPS and SNSF.

本研究は、独立行政法人日本学術振興会とスイス科学財団とのスイスとの国際共同研究プログラム(JRPs)による補助を受けたものです。