Rhyme Correspondences between Sinitic and Uralic Languages: On the Example of the Finnish -ala and -aja Rhymes
Rhyme Correspondences between Sinitic and Uralic Languages: On the Example of the Finnish -ala and -aja Rhymes

Summary/Abstract: The present study explores rhyme correspondences between Finnic (~ Uralic) and Sinitic languages, taking the Finnish -ala and -aja rhymes as an example. Two rhyme correspondences are established: (1) Finnish -ala ⇔ Mandarin [-(ŭ̯)əˑn] ⇔ Cantonese [-(ʷ)ɐnˑ] ⇔ Taiwanese [-uˑn]; (2) Finnish -aja ⇔ Mandarin [-(ŭ̯)ɑˑŋ] ⇔ Cantonese [-(ʷ)o̞ˑŋ] ⇔ Taiwanese [-o̞ˑŋ]. The rhyme correspondences are supplied with ten Sino-Finnic (including Uralic) shared etymological items.

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