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'''Yei Zhuang''' is a [[Northern Tai languages|Northern Tai]] language complex spoken in [[Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture|Wenshan Prefecture]], [[Yunnan]], [[China]]. Its speakers are also known as the Sha (沙族). |
'''Yei Zhuang''' is a [[Northern Tai languages|Northern Tai]] language complex spoken in [[Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture|Wenshan Prefecture]], [[Yunnan]], [[China]]. Its speakers are also known as the Sha (沙族). |
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Revision as of 19:47, 4 August 2013
| Yei Zhuang | |
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| Buyue[1] | |
| Pronunciation | [pu˨jai˩˧] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan; western Guangxi |
| Ethnicity | Sha |
Native speakers | 1 million + (2007)[2] |
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| ISO 639-3 | Either:zgn – Guibian Zhuangzqe – Qiubei Zhuang |
Yei Zhuang is a Northern Tai language complex spoken in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Its speakers are also known as the Sha (沙族).
Distribution
In Yunnan, Yei Zhuang dialects are spoken in Funing and Guangnan counties (also in Guangxi to the east and north), as well as Qiubei (probably also in Qujing Municipality to the north). The largest concentrations of Yei Zhuang speakers are found in Qiubei (80% of total Zhuang population) and Funing (50% of total Zhuang population) counties (Johnson 2011a:43).
Po-ai, a Tai language of Funing County described by Fang-kuei Li in the mid-1900s, was determined by Johnson (2011b) to be a Yei Zhuang dialect.
Names
Below are various names (both autonyms and exonyms) for speakers of Yei Zhuang (Johnson 2011a:43).
- pu Nong (濮侬)
- pu˧˥ʔjai˧˦, pu˧juei˧˦, pu˨jai˩˧; bu ji (Qiubei)
- bu Yai (布雅衣)
- bu Yei (布依, 布瑞, 布越)
- Shazu (沙族) or Sharen (沙人)
- Baisha (白沙)
- Nongqianbeng (侬迁绷)
- Zhongjia (仲家)
Many of these are names of Bouyei as well.
Characteristics
There are no palatalized consonants in Qiubei Zhuang. /pj/ in standard Zhuang is /p/, as in /pja1/[clarification needed] "fish", pjak7(vegetable) is pa1、pak7. mJ is m or n，for example mja:k3(slippery), mja:i2(saliva) as ma6、 na:i2. kJ is merged into k or t，for example kja：ŋ1(middle)、kja4(orphan) is ka:ŋ3, tsa4. The consonant k before i、e is changed to ts, for instance ki3(several), ki:ŋ2(Triangular cooker), ke5(old) as tʃi1、tʃi:ŋ2、tʃes. 声母阱入v，h变成ɣ，而ɣ又变读作6。如fuuq2(手)、 fa:i5(棉)读əŋ2、va:i5、hau4(米)、haɯ3(给)变读ɣau4、ɣaɯ3；ɣam4(水)、ɣum2(风)、ɣo:k8(外)变渎为6am4、6em2、6ue5。
References
- ^ The Chinese name. An approximation, as Yei and Yai are not possible in Mandarin.
- ^ Guibian Zhuang at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Qiubei Zhuang at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- Johnson, Eric C. 2011a. "The Southern Zhuang Languages of Yunnan Province's Wenshan Prefecture from a Sociolinguistic Perspective." [Working paper]. S.l.: s.n. 49 pages.
- Johnson, Eric C. 2011b. "A Lexical and Phonological Comparison of the Central Taic Languages of Wenshan Prefecture, China: Getting More Out of Language Survey Wordlists Than Just Lexical Similarity Percentages." SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-005: 170.