Hagei language
Appearance
Hagei | |
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Green Gelao | |
Native to | China and Vietnam |
Region | Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan; Ha Giang Province |
Native speakers | 300 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | giq |
Glottolog | gree1278 |
ELP | Green Gelao |
Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (Chinese:
Dialects
[edit]The primary dialectal areas where Hagei (Green Gelao) is still spoken are:[4]
- Guizhou: in Guanling County, Qinglong County, and Zhenfeng County[5]
- Guangxi: in Sanchong
三 冲 village, Longlin County[6] - Vietnam: in Hà Giang Province[7]
The Hagei varieties of northern Guizhou, such as in Zunyi, are extinct.[8]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | (Alveolo-) palatal |
Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
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plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||
Stop | voiceless | p | pʲ | pʷ | t | tʲ | tʷ | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||||
aspirated | pʰ | pʲʰ | pʰʷ | tʰ | tʰʷ | kʰ | kʷʰ | |||||||
voiced | b | d | dʲ | ɡ | ||||||||||
Affricate | voiceless | ts | tsʷ | tʂ | tʂʷ | tɕ | ||||||||
aspirated | tsʰ | tsʰʷ | tʂʰʷ | tɕʰ | ||||||||||
voiced | dz | dʐ | dʑ | |||||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ʂʷ | ɕ | h | hʷ | ||||||
voiced | v | z | ʐ | ʐʷ | ʑ | |||||||||
Nasal | voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | |||||||||
voiced | m | mʲ | mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
glottalized | mˀ | ŋˀ | ||||||||||||
Lateral | voiceless | l̥ | ||||||||||||
voiced | l | lʲ | ||||||||||||
glottalized | lˀ | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w |
- Consonant clusters may include /pl, bl/ and /ps, pz/.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | z̞ | u |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a | ||
Syllabic | m̩ | n̩ |
- /z̞/ is typically centralized and may also be heard as a syllabic retroflex [ʐ̩] or a central [ɨ].[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Hagei at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Li Jinfang [
李 锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南 地区 濒危语言调查研究 ]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央 民族 大学 出版 社 ]. - ^ Zhang Jimin 张済
民 . 1993. Gelao yu yan jiu 仡佬语研究 (A study of Gelao). Guiyang, China: Guizhou People's Press 贵州民族 出版 社 . - ^ Li Jinfang [
李 锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南 地区 濒危语言调查研究 ]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央 民族 大学 出版 社 ]. - ^ Kosaka, Ryūichi; Zhou, Guoyan; Li; Jinfang. 1998. Geyang yuyan cihuiji [仡央语言词汇
集 ]. Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [贵州民族 出版 社 ]. - ^ a b Shen Yumay. 2003. Phonology of Sanchong Gelao. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.
- ^ Samarina, Irina Vladimirovna [Самарина, Ирина Владимировна]. 2011. The Gelao language: materials for a Kadai comparative dictionary [Языки гэлао: материалы к сопоставительному словарю кадайских языко]. Moscow: Academia. ISBN 9785874443917
- ^ Zhou Guoyan
周 国 炎 . 2004. Gelaozu muyu shengtai yanjiu 仡佬族 母語 生 态硏究 (Studies on the linguistic ecology of the Gelao people). Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House民族 出版 社 .