Laze, rendered in Chinese as Lare (拉热)
[Guo Dalie, and He Zhiwu. 1994. Naxizu Shi (A History of the Naxi People). Chongqing: Sichuan Minzu Chubanshe.] and Shuitianhua (水田话), is a language of the
Naish subbranch of the
Naic
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group of languages, spoken in
Muli County, western
Sichuan
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,
China
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.
Laze is spoken by less than 300 fluent speakers in Xiangjiao
Township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, ...
项脚乡 within
Muli County (Michaud & Jacques 2012).
[Michaud, Alexis, and Guillaume Jacques. 2012. "The Phonology of Laze: Phonemic Analysis, Syllabic Inventory, and a Short Word List." ''Yuyanxue Luncong'' 语言学论丛 (45): 196–230.]
Name
The name ''Laze'' (IPA: ) is likely to be a place name.
Further reading
Publications are available on:
* an outline of Laze phonology, lexicon and grammar
* Laze phonemes: vowels, consonants, syllable structure
* the historical phonology of Laze, Na and Naxi
[Jacques, Guillaume, and Alexis Michaud. 2011.]
Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze
" ''Diachronica'' 28:468-498.
* the Laze tone system
Recordings in Laze are available from the
Pangloss Collection
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(an online archive of languages).
Laze recordings in the Pangloss Collection
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References
Qiangic languages
Languages of China
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