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Caijia
Caijia () is an endangered Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou. It was first documented by Chinese researchers in the 1980s. It has been described by different authors as a relative of Bai language, Bai or an early split from Old Chinese. The autonym is '. Classification Similarities among Old Chinese, Waxiang Chinese, Waxiang, Caijia, and Bai language, Bai have been pointed out by Wu & Shen (2010) and others. Zhengzhang Shangfang (2010) argued that Bai and Caijia formed a Greater Bai languages, Greater Bai subgroup of Sino-Tibetan. Caijia also appears to be related to the extinct Longjia language, Longjia and Luren language, Luren languages,Guizhou provincial ethnic classification commission [贵州省民族识别工作队]. 1984. ''Report on ethnic classification issues of the Nanlong people (Nanjing-Longjia)'' [南龙人（南京-龙家）族别问题调查报告]. m.s. but they are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longjia Language
Longjia (autonym: ') is a Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China related to Caijia and Luren.Hölzl, Andreas. 2021Longjia (China) - Language Contexts ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34. Longjia may already be extinct (Zhao 2011). The Longjia people now speak Southwestern Mandarin, though they used to speak their own language, and have had a long presence in western Guizhou. According to the ''Guizhou Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2002),Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer 州省志. 民族志(2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House 州民族出版社 the Longjia language was spoken in Dafang County, Qianxi County (Zhongping District 中坪区; Xinfacun 新发村 of Pojiao District 坡脚区), and Puding County (Jiangyizhai 讲义寨 of Baiyan Township 白岩乡). It is reportedly most similar to Caijia, and has many Old Chinese loanwords.''Dafang County Almanac'' (1996:150-152) Classification Guizhou (1984) shows that Longjia is closely related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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