Longjia language

Longjia
Songnibao
Native to China
Region Guizhou
Ethnicity Longjia
Native speakers
 extinct?  (2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog long1417[2]

Longjia (autonym: suŋ˥ni˥mpau˨˩) is a Sino-Tibetan language of China that appears to be related to Bai, but has been difficult to classify. Longjia may already be extinct (Zhao 2011).

The Longjia 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),[3] 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,[3] and has many Old Chinese loanwords.[4]

The Puding County Almanac (1999) reports that the Longjia language (autonym: Songnibao 松泥保) has 38 onsets and 22 rimes (8 simple, 14 complex). The Bijie County Almanac (1996:143) reports that there are many prenasalized onsets. In Dafang County, the autonym is Songlibao 松立保.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Zhao 2011
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Longjia". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer [贵州省志. 民族志] (2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [貴州民族出版社].
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dafang County Almanac (1996:150-152)

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