Maojia (猫家 '
[Chen, Qiguang 其光(2013). ''Miao and Yao language'' 瑶语文 Beijing: China Minzu University Press.]) is a
mixed language
A mixed language is a language that arises among a bilingual group combining aspects of two or more languages but not clearly deriving primarily from any single language. It differs from a creole or pidgin language in that, whereas creoles/pidgin ...
in Southern China. Maojiahua is an unclassified
Sinitic
The Sinitic languages (漢語族/汉语族), often synonymous with "Chinese languages", are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is frequently proposed that there is ...
language that has undergone influence from
Hmongic languages.
Demographics
Maojiahua is spoken by about 200,000 people of Au-Ka (Aoka 奥卡)
Miao ethnicity in
Chengbu,
Suining
Suining (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798.
Geography and climate
Suining is located in the cen ...
,
Wugang and
Suining
Suining (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798.
Geography and climate
Suining is located in the cen ...
in southwest part of
Hunan Province, as well as in
Ziyuan and
Longsheng in north part of
Guangxi Province.
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According to Chen Qiguang (2013:32),
"Maojia" ('), also known as "Qingyi Miao 青衣苗", is spoken mostly in
Chengbu County
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City.
Located on ...
,
Hunan
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, and also in Suining, Wugang, Longsheng, and Ziyuan counties. There is a total of about 120,000 speakers. The representative dialect given in Chen (2013) is that of Xintang Village 信塘村, Yangshi Township 羊石乡,
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City.
Located on ...
, Hunan Province. Li (2004) covers various dialects of Qingyi Miao in detail.
Vocabulary
Below are selected words of likely non-Chinese origin from the Qingyi Miao dialect of Wutuan Town 五团镇,
Chengbu County
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City.
Located on ...
城步县, Hunan (Li 2004).
References
*Li, Lan 李藍. 2004. ''Hunan Chengbu Qingyi Miaoren hua'' 湖南城步靑衣苗人话 (The language of the Qingyi Miao people). Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press 中國社会科学出版社.
*''Ming studies'', 34–35:55, University of Minnesota, 1995
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