The Languages of ChinaPrinceton paperbacksArchived 2012-02-23 at the वेबैक मशीन, S. Robert Ramsey, pp. 290, Princeton University Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-691-01468-5, ... The enigma of the Bai is in essence a linguistic question: The language that they speak has not been shown to be related to any other. It has elements that look like Tibeto-Burman; others that look like Tai or Mon-Khmer; and some tantalizing ones that look like Chinese on several levels. But none of these prove a genetic affinity ... There are eight tones: (1) high mid-level, (2) mid-level, (3) low mid-level, (4) low falling, (5) high falling, (6) low rising, (7) low falling-rising, (8) high-level 'checked' ...
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The Languages of ChinaPrinceton paperbacksArchived 2012-02-23 at the वेबैक मशीन, S. Robert Ramsey, pp. 290, Princeton University Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-691-01468-5, ... The enigma of the Bai is in essence a linguistic question: The language that they speak has not been shown to be related to any other. It has elements that look like Tibeto-Burman; others that look like Tai or Mon-Khmer; and some tantalizing ones that look like Chinese on several levels. But none of these prove a genetic affinity ... There are eight tones: (1) high mid-level, (2) mid-level, (3) low mid-level, (4) low falling, (5) high falling, (6) low rising, (7) low falling-rising, (8) high-level 'checked' ...
