Southern Qiang language
Encyclopedia
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.
Language family
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spoken by approximately 81,300 people along the Minjiang
Minjiang River (Sichuan)
The Min River is a -long river in central Sichuan province, China. It is a tributary of the upper Yangtze River which it joins at Yibin ....
(岷江) river in Sichuan Province, China
China
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Unlike its close relative Northern Qiang
Northern Qiang language
Northern Qiang is a Qiangic language of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken by approximately 130,000 people in north-central Sichuan Province, China.Unlike its close relative Southern Qiang, Northern Qiang is not a tonal language....
, Southern Qiang is a tonal language.
Southern Qiang consonants
| Labial | Labio-dental | Dental | Retroflex | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless stop | p | t | k | q | ||||
| Aspirated stop | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||
| Voiced stop | b | d | g | ɢ | ||||
| Voiceless affricate | ts | tʂ | tʃ | tɕ | ||||
| Aspirative affricate | tsʰ | tʂʰ | tʃʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
| Voiced affricate | dz | dʐ | dʒ | dʑ | ||||
| Voiceless fricative | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | x | χ | ||
| Voiced fricative | z | ʐ | ʑ | ɣ | ʁ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Semivowel | w, ɥ | j | ||||||
External links
- Ethnologue: Qiang, Southern