On the position of Heihu in the Rmaic (Qiang) language complex

University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Linguistics, 2015. — 11 p.This short paper will examine of a previously undescribed Rmaic language variety, Heihu, on the basis of fresh data and original fieldwork. There has previously been a lack of consensus as to the position of Heihu variety within the family. In this paper, a morphological and phonological innovations shared between Heihu and already established Merr subgroup are provided.