Social:Lizu language

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Short description: Qiangic language spoken in China
Lizu
Native toChina
Native speakers
7,000 (2008)[1]
Ersu Shaba script
Language codes
ISO 639-3included in Template:ISO 639 [ers]
Glottologlizu1234[2]
Monophthongs of Lizu, from Chirkova & Chen (2013:78)

Lizu (Chinese: 傈苏, 里汝, 吕苏; Western Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in Western Sichuan, China. There are 4,000 speakers according to Sun (1982) and 7,000 speakers according to Chirkova (2008). Muli, where Lizu is spoken, is a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual county and Lizu has been historically influenced by Mandarin Chinese.[3]

Varieties

Yu (2009: 2) lists the following varieties of Lizu:

  • Mianning Lizu: spoken in Lagusa 拉姑萨 Village (Lizu name `wontʂʰɨ `lombɑ), He’ai (“Hoŋai”) 和爱 Township, Mianning 冕宁 County, Liangshan 凉山 Prefecture. Documented by Yu (2012).
  • Kala Lizu: spoken in Kala 卡拉 Township, Muli 木里 County, Liangshan Prefecture. Documented by Chirkova (2008); Huáng and Rénzēng (1991); and Dài and Huáng (1992).
  • Naiqu Lizu: spoken in Naiqu 乃渠 Village, Naiqu Township, Jiulong 九龙 County, Garzê (Gānzī 甘孜) Prefecture. Documented by Ikeda (2009).

References

  1. Chirkova 2008
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Lizu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lizu1234. 
  3. "Lizu-chirkova-0317 | Endangered Languages Archive". http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0317. 
  • Dai, Qingxia 戴庆厦, ed (1992) (in zh). Zàng-Miǎn yǔzú yǔyán cíhuì. Beijing: Zhongyang minzu xueyuan chubanshe. 
  • Huang, Bufan 黄布凡; Renzeng, Wangmu 仁增旺姆 (1991). "Lǚsūyǔ". in Dai, Qingxia 戴庆厦 (in zh). Zàng-Miǎnyǔ shíwǔ zhǒng. Beijing: Beijing yanshan chubanshe. pp. 132–152. 
  • Ikeda, Takumi (2009). "200 Basic Words of the Lyuzu Language (Naiqu Dialect)" (in en). https://www.academia.edu/34464774. 
  • Ikeda, Takumi 池田巧 (2010). (in ja)Toho Gakuho 85: 672–653. doi:10.14989/131769. 
  • Ikeda, Takumi 池田巧 (2019). (in ja)Toho Gakuho 94: 436–424. doi:10.14989/250687. 
  • Chirkova, Ekaterina (2008). "Essential Characteristics of Lizu, a Qiangic Language of Western Sichuan" (in en). CRLAO. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00358909/document. 
  • Chirkova, Katia; Chen, Yiya (2013). "Lizu" (in en). Journal of the International Phonetic Association 43 (1): 75–86. doi:10.1017/S0025100312000242. 
  • Yu, Dominic (2012). Proto-Ersuic (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

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