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In this study, I discuss the phonological process of merger in ten varieties of Mongsen-Ao, a lesser-known Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nagaland, India. Based on the comparison of fricatives and affricates in the ten selected varieties, I show that the merger of /s/ and /ʃ/ as observed by Bruhn (2014) and merger of affricates /ts/ and /tʃ/ as proposed by Coupe (2003, 2007), did not take place in all varieties of Mongsen-Ao. The study also sheds light on some of the phonological variations and changes across varieties.
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This page is a summary of: Mergers in Mongsen-Ao, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, October 2025, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/ltba.25007.tem.
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