| Qiangic
Kiangic
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| Geographic distribution: |
China |
| Genetic classification: |
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Qiangic |
| Subdivisions: |
Qiang
Muya
? Tangut
etc.
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Qiangic or Kiangic, formerly known as Dzorgai, is a language group of the northeastern Tibeto-Burman of Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken mainly in Southwestern China, including Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan.
Thurgood and La Polla (2003) state that the inclusion of Qiang, Prinmi, and Muya is well supported, but that they do not follow Sun's argument for the inclusion of Tangut.
Sun proposes two branches, northern and southern. The northern branch includes Northern Qiang (Máwō), Pumi (Prinmi), and the extinct Tangut. The southern branch is Southern Qiang (Táopíng).
Sun groups other, poorly described Qiangic languages as,
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Ancient script
Shualeri(刷勒日) script
See also
External links
Bibliography
- Bradley, David. (1997). Tibeto-Burman languages and classification. In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in South East Asian linguistics: Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (No. 14, pp. 1-71). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Sun, Hongkai. (1983). The nationality languages in the six valleys and their language branches. Yunnan Minzuxuebao, 3, 99-273. (Written in Chinese).
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