Evidence of Long Vowels in Early Achehnese

Cowan, H. K. J.

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“…It may be noted here in passing that the close similarity between the Achehnese and Cham verse forms need not cause much surprise, since it is by now quite clear that linguistically too the Achehnese language of North Sumatra and the Cham language of the South East Asian Mainland (together with the other Chamic Mainland languages) are closely related, and form a distinct subgroup of Austronesian (Niemann, 1891;Cowan, 1948, notably 430-41;Cowan, 1974;Shorto, 1975Shorto, , 1977Cowan, in press).…”

Section: Gah Ban Gajah Sia Ban Tulo Ji-tush Judo Di-nab Matamentioning

confidence: 82%

“…The Thai metre klo.n pe:t came to my attention only some time ago while studying Thai in connection with the problem of the origin of the long vowels in Early Achehnese (now diphthongized in Modern Achehnese) and in the Chamic languages (see for this problem Cowan, 1974;Shorto, 1975; in press, and as for a possible correlation with long vowels in the Thai languages in particular, notably § § 5.2ff. of the latter paper).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Achehnese Metre sanja' and the Thai KLƆ:N P∈:T

Cowan¹

1982

J.R. Asiat. Soc. G.B. Irel.

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Almost half a century ago I pointed to the similarity between the national Achehnese verse form sanja' and a related Cham verse used in the song of the kadhar (a musician-officiant) at the ceremony of the sacrifice of the buffalo (Cowan, 1933). It will be useful to recall here the main points of that paper.The Achehnese sanja' in its simplest form consists of lines of eight dissyllabic metrical feet or rather four pairs of such feet, whose two middle pairs rhyme with each other, while the final syllable of each line rhymes with that of the following line. Or in other words it is a double-eight-syllable metre with an internal rhyme on the eighth syllable of the first and the fourth syllable of the second half of the verse line, and with a final rhyme at the end of each line. Thus:

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Section: Gah Ban Gajah Sia Ban Tulo Ji-tush Judo Di-nab Matamentioning

confidence: 82%

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confidence: 99%

The Achehnese Metre sanja' and the Thai KLƆ:N P∈:T

Cowan¹

1982

J.R. Asiat. Soc. G.B. Irel.

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“…*ua and PC *o. (For other such correspondences, see Cowan, 1974;Shorto, 1975. ) The task of a full reconstruction of Proto-Aceh-Chamic remains incomplete.…”

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“…*ira and PAC *6 > PC *d, PAc. *3 (see Cowan, 1974 on the general question of vowel length in Aceh-Chamic). In the environment at the end of a word (set 7) no length contrast can be reconstructed from the correspondences given above, although the Acehnese reflex *o suggests PAC *5.…”

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Proto–Chamic and Acehnese mid vowels: towards Proto–Aceh–Chamic

Durie¹

1990

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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The aims of this paper are: (i) to report new dialect data for a vowel contrast in Acehnese which was not recorded in earlier descriptive work, (ii) to show that this contrast is cognate with a contrast reconstructed for Proto–Chamic, and (iii) to reconstruct this part of the vowel system of Proto–Aceh–Chamic.A close genetic relationship between Acehnese and Chamic was first suggested by Nieman (1891). Although a contrary view was expressed by Blagden (1929), the issue has been conclusively put to rest by the work of Cowan (1933, 1948, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1988), Shorto (1975, 1977) and Collins (1975) who all agree on the existence of a distinct Aceh–Chamic sub–group within Austronesian.Unfortunately, comparative work on Aceh-Chamic (Cowan: Chamo- Achehic, Shorto: Achino-Cham) has been hampered by problems of access to the data. In Lee's (1966) and Burnham's (1976) reconstructions of Proto-Chamic no mention is made of Acehnese. On the other hand, Cowan and Shorto, the two scholars who have furthered Aceh-Chamic studies the most, have not had access to Lee (1966), nor, in more recent works, to Burnham (1976). Another problem has been that Acehnese source materials have been restricted to just one dialect, as reflected by Djajadiningrat's (1934) and Kreemer's (1931) Acehnese-Dutch dictionaries.This paper represents one step towards addressing some of these problems, by comparing new Acehnese dialect data with the comparative Chamic wordlist compiled by Lee and augmented by Burnham. I focus here upon a specific

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17. Aceh Mark Durie

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Evidence of Long Vowels in Early Achehnese

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The Achehnese Metre sanja' and the Thai KLƆ:N P∈:T

The Achehnese Metre sanja' and the Thai KLƆ:N P∈:T

Proto–Chamic and Acehnese mid vowels: towards Proto–Aceh–Chamic

17. Aceh Mark Durie

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