Kua-nsi ('; ; Hedong Yi 河东彝) is a recently discovered
Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its rel ...
of
Heqing County
Heqing County () is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a pop ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
, China.
Gomotage ('), an undocumented and little-known Loloish language of
Eryuan County
Eryuan () is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in southern Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 ...
, is also probably related to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7).
Distribution
The Kua-nsi live in the following villages of Liuhe Township 六合乡, northern Heqing County (Castro, et al. 2010:23).
*Hedong 河东
*Sangezhuang 三戈庄
*Shang'eping 上萼坪
*Wuxing 五星
*Nanpo 南坡
*Maidi 麦地
[http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132343 ]
*Longda 龙大
References
Loloish languages
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