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Tibetan vwa ‘fox’ and the sound change Tibeto-Burman *wa -> Old Tibetan o (2006)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2006). Tibetan vwa ‘fox’ and the sound change Tibeto-Burman *wa -> Old Tibetan o. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area, 29(2), 75-90

Paul Benedict (1972: 34) proposed that Tibeto-Burman medial *-waregularly leads to -0- in Old Tibetan, but that initial *wa did not undergo this change. Because Old Tibetan has no initial w-, and several genuine words have the rhyme -wa, this proposa... Read More about Tibetan vwa ‘fox’ and the sound change Tibeto-Burman *wa -> Old Tibetan o.

The Old Tibetan Chronicle: Chapter 1. (2006)
Journal Article
(2006). The Old Tibetan Chronicle: Chapter 1. Revue d'études tibétaines, 10, 89-101

Once more on the letter འ (2005)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2005). Once more on the letter འ. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area, 28(2), 107-137

W. S. Coblin, in a contribution (2002) to the ongoing iscussion about the phonetic value of the Tibetan letter ༢ (transcribed as v), has argued that this character has no phonetic value per se but is rather an orthographic device. A review of the pre... Read More about Once more on the letter འ.

The verb ‘bri ‘to write’ in Old Tibetan (2005)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2005). The verb ‘bri ‘to write’ in Old Tibetan. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 68, 177-182

Compte rendu (Review of Paul G. Hackett, 'A Tibetan Verb Lexicon' Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003.) (2004)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2004). Compte rendu (Review of Paul G. Hackett, 'A Tibetan Verb Lexicon' Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003.). Revue d'études tibétaines, 6, 78-98