Sonaga ('; ; Xinfeng Yi 新峰彝) 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 ...
, China. Sonaga is spoken in Dongdeng 东登 of Xinfeng Village 新峰村 (as well as Anle Village 安乐村), Caohai Township 草海乡,
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 ...
(Castro, et al. 2010).
[Andy Castro, Brian Crook, Royce Flaming. 2010. ]
A sociolinguistic survey of Kua-nsi and related Yi varieties in Heqing county, Yunnan province, China
'. SIL International.
References
Loloish languages
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