"Phonal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... near the Chinese in the extensive prevalence of words common to the two languages, the Tibetan is near in phonal structure, as being tonic and monosyllabic. This being so, it is less remarkable that there are many words common to Chinese and Tibetan, for it might have been expected; but that there should be perhaps as many ...
— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller |
