Southern Qiang language
Southern Qiang is a Qiangic language of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken by approximately 81,300 people along the Minjiang (岷江) river in Sichuan Province, China.
Unlike its close relative Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang is a tonal language.
Southern Qiang consonants
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Labial |
Labio-dental |
Dental |
Retroflex |
Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Uvular |
| Voiceless stop |
p |
|
t |
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k |
q |
| Aspirated stop |
pʰ |
|
tʰ |
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|
kʰ |
qʰ |
| Voiced stop |
b |
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d |
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g |
ɢ |
| Voiceless affricate |
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ts |
tʂ |
tʃ |
tɕ |
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| Aspirative affricate |
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tsʰ |
tʂʰ |
tʃʰ |
tɕʰ |
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| Voiced affricate |
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dz |
dʐ |
dʒ |
dʑ |
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| Voiceless fricative |
|
f |
s |
ʂ |
|
ɕ |
x |
χ |
| Voiced fricative |
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z |
ʐ |
|
ʑ |
ɣ |
ʁ |
| Nasal |
m |
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n |
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ɲ |
ŋ |
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| Lateral |
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l |
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| Semivowel |
w, ɥ |
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j |
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See also
External links
Bibliography
- Bradley, David. (1997). "Tibeto-Burman languages and classification". In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in South East Asian linguistics: Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (No. 14, pp. 1-71). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Chang, Kun. 1967. "A comparative study of the Southern Ch'iang dialects". Monumenta Serica, XXVI:422 - 443.
- Evans, Jonathan P. 2001a. Introduction to Qiang Lexicon and Phonology: Synchrony and Diachrony. Tokyo:ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).