The languages of China before the Chinese
Subtitle: Researches on the languages spoken by the pre-Chinese races of China proper previously to the Chinese occupation
By: By Terrien de Lacouperie
Publisher: Ch'eng-wen Pub. Co.
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Taipei
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Chinese language; History; Sino-Tibetan languages; Mon-Khmer languages; Tai languages; Languages
Notes: The scheme of this book was presented to the Philological society and read as a part of the president's address at the annual meeting, Friday, May 21st, 1886. The work was published n full in the Philological transactions of the Philological society for 1885-1886. A resumé in French was read at the seventh International congress of Orientalists, Vienna, 1886. cf. Postface.

"Original edition published ... 1887."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Data; title: Methods of classification; title: Arrival of the Chinese; title: Chinese and aborigines; title: Chinese language affected by aboriginies; title: The aboriginal language in Chinese history; title: Ancient Chinese works on the aboriginal dialects; title: Families of languages; title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Mon-Tai dialects (unmixed and mixed); title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Mon-Tai dialects (hybridized and hybrids); title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Mon-Khmer dialects; title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Tai-Shan Languages (undeveloped); title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Tai-shan dialects (unmixed and mixed); title: The pre-Chinese Tai-Shan dialects (hybridized and hybrids); title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Negritos; title: The pre-Chinese aboriginal Indonesians; title: The Karengs of Burma and their pre-Chinese cognate dialects; title: The Jungs, Nagas, and Lolos; title: The Si-Fan Tibetans; title: Pre-Chinese proper names; title: Gradual retreat of the pre-Chinese; title: The Chinese intruders; title: Other intruders; title: Their general and historical characters; title: Additions to classified languages; title: Other results as to ideology, and phonetics.