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East Asian Language Phyla Project (EALPP) by Andy Hsiu
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A new way of thinking
1. Thinking like geneticists
2. Thinking like archaeologists
3. Interdisciplinary historical linguistics
Archaeological timeline
1. Paleolithic
2. Early Neolithic
3. Middle Neolithic
4. Late Neolithic
5. Bronze Age
6. Iron Age
7. Medieval to recent history
Austroasiatic
1. Neolithic creole origins
2. Native Austroasiatic layer
3. Austronesian layer
4. Sino-Tibetan layer
5. Bronze Age migrations
6. Substrata
Eastern
Bahnaric
Donor Be
Donor Jiamao
Katuic
Khmeric
Pakanic
Pearic
Pre-Chamic
Vietic
Northern
Donor branches (others)
Donor Hmong-Mien
Donor Kra
Donor Kuki-Chin-Naga
Donor Lepcha (Rongic)
Khasic
Khmuic
Mang
Munda
Palaungic
Angkuic
Southern
Aslian
Monic
Nicobaric
Pre-Acehnese
Pre-Bornean
Pre-Kerinci
Austronesian
1. Neolithic mixing in Taiwan
2. Kra-Dai and Pre-Austronesian
Formosan
Malayo-Polynesian
Hmong-Mien
1. Old Middle Yangtze layer
2. Austroasiatic layer
3. Sino-Tibetan layer
4. Old Chinese layer
Hmongic
Hmuic
Pahengic
Sheic
West Hmongic
Xiongic
Mienic
Shehua
Isolates and small phyla
(Himalayas)
Burushaski
Kusunda
Siangic
(Northern Eurasia)
Ainu
Amuric (Nivkh)
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Japonic
Koreanic
Ruanruan
Yeniseian
Yukaghir
(Southeast Asia)
Ati
Enggano
Great Andamanese
Kenaboi
Luzon Agta
Mamanwa
Nihali
Ongan
Pre-Nicobaric
Kra-Dai
1. Pre-Austronesian layer
2. Old Middle Yangtze layer
3. Sino-Tibetan layer
4. Old Chinese layer
Be-Jizhao
Biao-Lakkia
Hlai
Jiamao
Kam-Sui
Kra
Tai
Old Liaoxi
1. Reconstruction
2. Altaic influences
3. Japonic influences
Archaeology
Genetics
Old Middle Yangtze
1. Reconstruction
2. Pre-Austronesian influences
3. Austroasiatic influences
4. Other possible influences
5. Southward migrations
6. Westward migrations
Archaeology
Genetics
Old Shandong
1. Reconstruction
2. Austronesian (Formosan) influences
3. Japonic influences
4. Old Chinese influences
Archaeology
Genetics
Sino-Tibetan
Word histories
Adjectives
big
bitter
black
far
full
heavy
narrow
near
new
old (person)
old (thing)
red
sour
spicy
sweet
thick
white
wide
Animal parts
egg
fat, grease
feather, body hair
horn
meat, flesh
tail
Animals (domesticated)
buffalo
cattle
chicken
dog
duck
goat, sheep
goose
horse
pig
yak
Animals (wild)
ant
bamboo rat
bat
bear
bedbug
bee
bird
centipede
crab
deer
deer (muntjac)
elephant
fish
frog
grasshopper
hawk, eagle
hornbill
insect, maggot
jackal, wild dog
leech (aquatic)
leech (land)
louse (body)
louse (chicken)
louse (head)
monkey
mosquito
pangolin
peacock
porcupine
rat, mouse
rhinoceros
shrimp, crayfish
snake
spider
squirrel
tiger
turtle
Body parts
back
belly, stomach
blood
bone
breast (woman)
ear
excrement
eye
face
foot, leg
gallbladder
hair (head)
hand
head
heart
intestines
kidneys
liver
lungs
mouth
navel
neck
nose
placenta
pus
skin
spleen
sweat
tongue
tooth
urine
Kinship
child
daughter-in-law
name
person
son-in-law
Material culture and artifacts
arrow
axe
bamboo mouth organ
bed
boat
bow
clothes, clothing
copper, bronze
door
earrings
field (paddy)
field (swidden)
gold
granary
house
iron
jar, pot
knife
liquor
medicine
mortar
needle
net (fishing)
pestle
road
salt
shoes
silver
village
winnowing basket
Natural phenomena
ashes
cave
cloud
earth, soil
fire
lightning
moon
mountain
rain
river
sky
smoke
star
stone
thunder
water
wind
Numerals
1,000. thousand
1. one
10. ten
100. hundred
2. two
3. three
4. four
5. five
6. six
7. seven
8. eight
9. nine
Plant parts
flower
fruit
leaf
root
seed
Plants
bamboo
bamboo shoot
bamboo strip
bamboo tube
cogon grass
grass
mushroom
rattan
tree, wood
Plants (domesticated)
banana
bean
buckwheat
chaff, husk
cucumber
ear (of grain)
garlic
ginger
gourd (bottle)
melon
millet, broomcorn
millet, foxtail
rice
seedling
sesame
taro
yam, tuber
Pronouns and demonstratives
1.SG and 2.SG
this
Verbs
buy
cry, weep
die
dream
drink
eat
fly
kill
laugh
sell
shoot
sleep
winnow
Word order
SOV
SVO
VSO
Word structure
Morphology
Phonology
Phonotactics
East Asian Language Phyla Project (EALPP) by Andy Hsiu
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Classification in progress by Peter Norquest (2019, forthcoming)
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