Social:Qau language

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Short description: Kra language
Qau
Native toChina
RegionAnshun City and Pingba County, Guizhou
Native speakers
2,000 (2011)Template:Ethnologue24 does not exist
Kra–Dai
Language codes
ISO 639-3gqu
Glottologqaua1234[1]

Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao (Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China.[2][3]

Dialects

The dialects of Qau that are still spoken are:[4]

  • Dagouchang 大狗场 (in Pingba County)
  • Wanzi 湾子 (in Anshun City)

Pronouns

The following are pronouns from Pingba Gelao.[2]

Gloss Pingba Gelao
I (su33) i42
you (su33) mu21
he, she, it (su33) u42
we (su33) ta33
you all (su33) sa33
they pə42 nu42
my household qa33/a33 qei42
your household qa33/a33 mu21
his/her household qa33/a55 qu42

Numerals

Pingba Gelao numerals are given below.

  1. si33
  2. su33
  3. ta33
  4. pu33
  5. mpu33
  6. naŋ33
  7. ɕi13
  8. zua55
  9. sə13
  10. pan13

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Central Gelao-Qau". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/qaua1234. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zhang, Jimin 张済民 (1993) (in zh). Gēlǎoyǔ yánjiū. Guiyang: Guizhou minzu chubanshe. 
  3. Zhou, Guoyan 周国炎 (2004) (in zh). Gēlǎozú mǔyǔ shēngtài yánjiū. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. 
  4. Li, Jinfang 李锦芳 (2006) (in zh). Xīnán dìqū bīnwēi yǔyán diàochá yánjiū. Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.