0. Nathan W. HILL-Introduction 1. Christian BAUER-When Did Middle Mon Begin? 2. Rudolf A. YANSON-Aspiration in the Burmese Phonological System: A Diachronic Account 3. Heleen PLAISIER-Two Lepcha deluk Texts 4. IKEDA Takumi-Highlights in the Decipherment of the Nam Language 5. Uwe KRECH-A Preliminary Reassessment of the Pyu Faces of the Myazedi Inscriptions at Pagan 6. ARAKAWA Shintaro-Re-analysis of "Tangut-Tibetan" Phonological Materials 7. IKEDA Takumi-Verbs of Existence in Tangut and Mu-nya 8. Guillaume JACQUES-The Tangut Kinship System in Qiangic Perspective 9. NIE Hongyin-Notes on the Predicative Personal Suffixes of the Tangut Language 10. Kirill SOLONIN-The Chan Teaching of Nanyang Huizhong (-775) in Tangut Translation 11. SUN Bojun and Chung-pui TAI-Features of the Tangut Consonant System as Reflected in Sanskrit-Tangut Transliterations 12. Nathan W. HILL-Tibetan Palatalization and the gy versus g.y Distinction 13. ISHIKAWA Iwao-A Note on the Theme and the Author of PT 239 Recto 399 14. Sam VAN SCHAIK-The Origin of the Headless Script (dbu med) in Tibet 15. Halina WASILEWSKA-Orthography of Traditional Yi Writing: Conventions of Sign Use in the Ritual Scriptures of the Yi