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Does Mandarin Chinese have phonetically voiced plosives, fricatives, or affricates (besides "r" = [ʐ] / [ɻ])?

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Do the Thai and Lao negative particles, "ไม่" (mai) and "ບໍ່" (bo) have reflexes in the other language?

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Term for a non-word consistent with derivation rules

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Has grammatical gender ever been observed to emerge in a language that previously had none?

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Could certain adjectives or adverbs be analysed to function as a type of copula in Mandarin Chinese?

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Do we know of any influences on Tibetan from Chinese (other than lexical borrowing)?

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Non-tonal "isolates" within families of tonal languages

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Looking for comparison of Lao (or Thai) and Zhuang languages

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Is there a trend toward more homophones over time? What can counteract that trend?

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Etymological reason behind Lao's many seeming variants for "stairs"?

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Gender-specific pronouns in languages without grammatical gender?

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Lao orthography: ວ as part of consonant cluster or part of diphtong and placement of tone marks

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Discontinuous morphemes in Indo-European languages

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Difference between Genitive Personal Pronoun and Possessive Pronoun

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What is the etymological relationship between French "feu", Lao "ເຝີ" (feu), and Vietnamese "phở"?

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What is the orthography for each of these Khmer vowels?

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Does Mandarin Chinese have phonetically voiced plosives, fricatives, or affricates (besides "r" = [ʐ] / [ɻ])?

Do the Thai and Lao negative particles, "ไม่" (mai) and "ບໍ່" (bo) have reflexes in the other language?

Term for a non-word consistent with derivation rules

Has grammatical gender ever been observed to emerge in a language that previously had none?

Could certain adjectives or adverbs be analysed to function as a type of copula in Mandarin Chinese?

Do we know of any influences on Tibetan from Chinese (other than lexical borrowing)?

Non-tonal "isolates" within families of tonal languages

Looking for comparison of Lao (or Thai) and Zhuang languages

Is there a trend toward more homophones over time? What can counteract that trend?

Etymological reason behind Lao's many seeming variants for "stairs"?

Gender-specific pronouns in languages without grammatical gender?

Lao orthography: ວ as part of consonant cluster or part of diphtong and placement of tone marks

Discontinuous morphemes in Indo-European languages

Difference between Genitive Personal Pronoun and Possessive Pronoun

What is the etymological relationship between French "feu", Lao "ເຝີ" (feu), and Vietnamese "phở"?

What is the orthography for each of these Khmer vowels?

Decisions of Detail