Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
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Impact Factor: 0.4 (5-year: 0.3)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.44
CiteScore: 0.6
SNIP: 0.908 SJR: 0.330
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; ERIH PLUS ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; WoS Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI )
Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area is a peer-reviewed (refereed) journal devoted to the synchronic and diachronic study of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, the Indo-Burma region, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas, with a special focus on the vast and ramified Tibeto-Burman family. In addition to Tibeto-Burman, articles have appeared on languages belonging to all the major linguistic families of this great expanse of Asia, including Austroasiatic, Hmong-Mien, Indo-Aryan and Tai-Kadai.
LTBA was founded in 1974 and has been in continuous publication ever since, attracting contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field. The journal invites submissions of high quality papers dealing with any aspect of morphology and syntax, phonetics and phonology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, genetic classification, lexicography, language documentation and language maintenance. Submissions that address matters of theoretical interest richly supported by empirical data are particularly welcomed.
The journal publishes two issues per year containing original articles, book reviews, review articles, discussions, conference reports, and announcements.
Issues
Volume 49 (2026)
Volume 48 (2025)
Volume 47 (2024)
Volume 46 (2023)
Volume 45 (2022)
Volume 44 (2021)
Volume 43 (2020)
Volume 42 (2019)
Volume 41 (2018)
Volume 40 (2017)
Volume 39 (2016)
Volume 38 (2015)
Volume 37 (2014)
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Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
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| Volume 49 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
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| Complete backset (Vols. 37‒48; 2014‒2025) | 24 issues; 3,600 pp. | EUR 1,852.00 | EUR 2,117.00 |
| Volume 48 (2025) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 47 (2024) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 46 (2023) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 43‒45 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 42 (2019) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 41 (2018) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 40 (2017) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 39 (2016) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 38 (2015) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 37 (2014) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
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