Luoji language

Luoji
Luoji
Qixingmin
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Qixingmin
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nisoish Northern Loloish Nasoid Luoji; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None(mis)
Glottolog	None

Luoji(autonym:luo31dʑi33)^[1]is a moribundLoloishlanguage ofWeining County,Guizhou,China that is spoken by theQixingmin people.There are a few semi-fluent elderly speakers in Shejie Village xà nhai thôn, Yangjie Town dương nhai trấn, Weining County, with no fluent speakers remaining.^[1]^[2]

Classification[edit]

The Qixingmin speak a language closely related to the localYi language,which is intermediate between theWesternandEastern Yidialects ofWeining County(Weining 1997:328).^[3]Some vocabulary items differ, such as the word for 'chili pepper' (Chinese:Lạt tiêu), which is "zi tự" in the Western Yi dialect, "shapo sỏa bách" in the Eastern Yi dialect, and "boji bạc kỉ" in Qixingmin.^[3]

However, the Qixingmin claim that they are distinct from theYi,and that their ancestors spoke a non-Yi language that had become extinct centuries ago.^[1]

Qixingmin is geographically located between the Western Yi and Eastern Yi areas. These languages are spoken in:^[3]

Qixingmin( "Qixingmin Liangzi" thất tính dân lương tử ): Xiangshui hưởng thủy, Jinhai kim hải, Sandaohe tam đạo hà, Shejie xà nhai, Yangjie dương nhai, and Yanjia nghiêm gia
Western Yi:Guanfenghai quan phong hải, Niupeng ngưu bằng, Dajie đại nhai, and Longjie long nhai
Eastern Yi:Yancang diêm thương, Jinzhong kim chung, and Ertang nhị đường

References[edit]

^^a ^b ^c ^dHsiu, Andrew. 2013.New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others.Presented at ICSTLL 46, Dartmouth College.doi:10.5281/zenodo.1127796
^Hsiu, Andrew.Luoji.
^^a ^b ^cUy ninh 彜 tộc hồi tộc miêu tộc tự trị huyện dân tộc sự vụ ủy viên hội biên. 1997.Weining County Ethnic Gazeteer[ uy ninh di tộc hồi tộc miêu tộc tự trị huyện dân tộc chí ]. Guiyang: Guizhou People's Press [ quý châu dân tộc xuất bản xã ].

[Hsiu2013-1] Hsiu, Andrew. 2013.New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others.Presented at ICSTLL 46, Dartmouth College.doi:10.5281/zenodo.1127796

[msealangs-2] Hsiu, Andrew.Luoji.

[Weining1997-3] Uy ninh 彜 tộc hồi tộc miêu tộc tự trị huyện dân tộc sự vụ ủy viên hội biên. 1997.Weining County Ethnic Gazeteer[ uy ninh di tộc hồi tộc miêu tộc tự trị huyện dân tộc chí ]. Guiyang: Guizhou People's Press [ quý châu dân tộc xuất bản xã ].

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