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#5596 PTB *(g/k)laŋ WORD / LANGUAGE / SPEECH / SOUND

Although there is a similar Tai etymon represented by Shan khɔɔ, this now seems to be a genuine PTB root. See Matisoff 2001: #30, ‘The interest of Zhangzhung for comparative Tibeto-Burman’.

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5149925596,55962012glaŋ ⪤ klaŋword / language / speech / sound*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB2670
5708285596,55962179glang ~ klangsound / voiceZhangzhung222.1.2Bodic1Matisoff 01 ZhangJAM-Zhang#300
113925596492hkuhˇlanguage*Common Lahu476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo418B0
3532925450,55961841ɔ³¹khɔ⁵³soundnLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0161.430
206036m,5596851tɔ³³khɔ⁵³languageLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC511.330
41564m,5596850tɔ⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³languageLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
41565p,5596850ɔ³¹ kʰɔ⁵³soundLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
41719p,5596856ɔ³¹ kʰɔ⁵⁵soundLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0