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Caijia
Caijia () is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou. It was first documented by Chinese researchers in the 1980s. It has been described by different authors as a relative of Bai or an early split from Old Chinese. The autonym is '. Classification Similarities among Old Chinese, Waxiang, Caijia, and Bai have been pointed out by Wu & Shen (2010) and others. Zhengzhang Shangfang (2010) argued that Bai and Caijia formed a Greater Bai subgroup of Sino-Tibetan. Caijia also appears to be related to the extinct Longjia and Luren languages,Guizhou provincial ethnic classification commission ��州省民族识别工作队 1984. ''Report on ethnic classification issues of the Nanlong people (Nanjing-Longjia)'' ��龙人（南京-龙家）族别问题调查报告 m.s. but they are too poorly documented for definitive classification. In contrast, Sagart (2011) groups Caijia with Waxiang, a divergent Chinese v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longjia Language
Longjia (autonym: ') is a Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China related to Caijia and Luren.Hölzl, Andreas. 2021Longjia (China) - Language Contexts ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34. Longjia may already be extinct (Zhao 2011). The Longjia people now speak Southwestern Mandarin, though they used to speak their own language, and have had a long presence in western Guizhou. According to the ''Guizhou Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2002),Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer ��州省志. 民族志(2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House ��州民族出版社 the Longjia language was spoken in Dafang County, Qianxi County (Zhongping District 中坪区; Xinfacun 新发村 of Pojiao District 坡脚区), and Puding County (Jiangyizhai 讲义寨 of Baiyan Township 白岩乡). It is reportedly most similar to Caijia, and has many Old Chinese loanwords.''Dafang County Almanac'' (1996:150-152) Classification Guizhou (1984) shows that Longjia is closely relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Bai Languages
The Greater Bai or simply Bai languages () are a putative group of Sino-Tibetan languages proposed by Zhengzhang, a linguist, in 2010, who argues that Bai and Caijia are sister languages.Zhèngzhāng Shàngfāng ��张尚芳 2010. Càijiāhuà Báiyǔ guānxì jí cígēn bǐjiào ��家话白语关系及词根比较 In Pān Wǔyún and Shěn Zhōngwěi ��悟云、沈钟伟(eds.). Yánjūzhī Lè, The Joy of Research ��究之乐-庆祝王士元先生七十五寿辰学术论文集 II, 389–400. Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House. In contrast, Sagart (2011) argues that Caijia and the Waxiang language of northwestern Hunan constitute an early split off from Old Chinese.Sagart, Laurent. 2011Classifying Chinese dialects/Sinitic languages on shared innovations Talk given at Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale, Norgent sur Marne. Additionally, Longjia and Luren are two extinct languages of western Guizhou closely related to Caijia (Guizhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waxiang Chinese
Waxiang (; ) is a divergent variety of Chinese, spoken by the Waxiang people, an unrecognized ethnic minority group in the northwestern part of Hunan province, China. Waxiang is a distinct language, very different from its surrounding Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang Chinese and the Hmongic Qo Xiong languages. Classification As noted by Laurent Sagart (2011)Sagart, Laurent. 2011. Classifying Chinese dialects/Sinitic languages on shared innovations. Talk given at Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale, Norgent sur Marne. and others,de Sousa, Hilário. 2015The Far Southern Sinitic Languages as part of Mainland Southeast Asia In Enfield, N.J. & Comrie, Bernard (eds.), Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: The state of the art (Pacific Linguistics 649), 356–439. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. . Waxiang appears to share some words with the Caijia language of western Guizhou. Sagart (2011) considers Caijia to be a sister of Waxiang. Currently, Waxiang is classified as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cai–Long Languages
The Cai–Long () or Ta–Li languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in western Guizhou, China. Only Caijia is still spoken, while Longjia and Luren are extinct.Hölzl, Andreas. 2021Longjia (China) - Language Contexts ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34. The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term ''Cai–Long'' () first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).GMSWSB 1982 = Guizhousheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui shibie bangongshi 贵州省民族事务委员会识别办公室. Guizhou minzu shibie ziliaoji 贵州民族识别资料集, vol. 8, longjia, caijia 龙家，蔡家. Guiyang. (Unpublished manuscript.) The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be Sinitic or Tibeto-Burman The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non- Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luren Language
Lu, or Luren (卢人), is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China. The Luren language may have been extinct since the 1960s.Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer ��州省志. 民族志(2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House ��州民族出版社 Luren is closely related to Caijia and Longjia.Hölzl, Andreas. 2021Longjia (China) - Language Contexts ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34. However, the classification of these languages within Sino-Tibetan is uncertain. Zhengzhang (2010) suggests that Caijia and Bai form a Greater Bai branch,Zhèngzhāng Shàngfāng ��张尚芳 2010. Càijiāhuà Báiyǔ guānxì jí cígēn bǐjiào ��家话白语关系及词根比较 In Pān Wǔyún and Shěn Zhōngwěi ��悟云、沈钟伟(eds.). Yánjūzhī Lè, The Joy of Research ��究之乐-庆祝王士元先生七十五寿辰学术论文集 II, 389–400. Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House. while Sagart argues that Caijia and Wax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezhang County
Hezhang () is a county in the northwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Yunnan to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie. Ethnic groups The ''Hezhang County Gazetteer'' (2001:105-108) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations. *Bai: 3,856 persons (1995) ** Qixingmin (): located in Yongkang () and Shanmuqing (), Shuitangbao Township () ***Autonyms/Yi exonyms: Luoju (), Zhuoluoju () ***Historical names: Boren () and Baizi () ***Other names: Qixingmin () and Minjia () ***Surnames: Zhang (), Li (), Su (), Yang (), Zhao (), Xu (), Qian () ***Locations: ancestors from Sandaohe (), Weining County **Nanjingren () (Yi exonym: Awutu ) *Buyi: 2,939 persons (1995): in Nongchang Village (), Kele Township () (pop. 332) Ethnic Bai are also found in: *Sanjiazhai (), Kele Township () *Wopi (), Zexiong (), Songlinpo Township () Mining The county has large reserves of coal, iron, lead, zinc, and germanium. Mining had been and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anshun
Anshun () is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guizhou province, southwest China, near the Huangguoshu Waterfall, the tallest in China. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,297,339. The city proper had a population of 765,313. Within the prefecture are attractions such as The Long Gong Dragon Caves and the Getu River. History During the Warring States Period, the area belonged to the independent kingdom of Yelang. The '' Records of the Grand Historian'' states that of all the independent kingdoms in the area, Yelang was the largest. The kingdom was located along Zangke River (now called Beipan River), and Nanpan River. Bamboo Worship, Cow Totems, bullfights and dogfights were the culture traditions of the Yelang Empire. In 111 BCE, Yelang was conquered by the Han Dynasty, and incorporated as . From 28 BCE to 25 BCE, an insurrection against Emperor Cheng called for the reinstatement of the Yelang Kingdom, but was crushed by Han forces. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liupanshui
Liupanshui () is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liuzhi, Panzhou, Shuicheng. As a prefecture-level city with an area of , Liupanshui had a total population of over 2,830,000 in 2006, making it the second largest in the province, though only 251,900 inhabitants were urban residents. The city is known locally as "The Cool City" or "Cool Capital" due to its low average summer temperature. History The general area is significant as the seat of the historic Yelang political entity, a confederation of tribes that dominated parts of modern-day Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. The city was established in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality. Administrative divisions Its administratively divided to the following county-level jurisdictions: * District ** Zhongshan District （） ** Shuicheng District （） * Special Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhaoyang District
Zhaoyang District () is the only district and the seat of the city of Zhaotong, in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China. It borders the provinces of Guizhou to the southeast and Sichuan to the west. Administrative divisions Zhaoyang County has 3 subdistricts, 10 towns, 3 townships and 4 ethnic townships. ;3 subdistricts * Fenghuang () * Longquan Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sou ... () * Miaoba () ;10 towns ;3 townships * Sujia () * Dazhaizi () * Tianba () ;4 ethnic townships References External linksZhaoyang District Official Website County-level divisions of Zhaotong Districts of China {{Yunnan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiliang County, Zhaotong
Yiliang County () is a county in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the northeast and Guizhou to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ... of Zhaotong. In 2020 the population was 631,538 including 14.27% ethnic minorities, most of them Miao (59,920) and Yi (28,406). It is the home county of general Luo Binghui ( 罗炳辉) and also known for the plant gastrodia elata. Tourism Yiliang's main attractions are: * Niujie Ancient Town * Long and Ding manors * Shoushi Mountain * Traditional Miao villages Administrative divisions The county seat is Juekui, it will be split into Juekui subdistrict and Fajie subdistrict (发界街道), pending approval from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land, the List of countries and territories by land borders, most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces of China, provinces, five autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, four direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and two special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the List of cities in China by population, most populous ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayong County
Nayong County () is a county in the west of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Bijie Bijie () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west. The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity ... city. It is rich in natural resources: coal, lead, zinc, marble, sulfur, iron, fluorite, dolomite, limestone and others. A significant portion of Guizhou's coal production is extracted in Nayong. Nayong's marble is famous in China, and the annual production is . For agriculture, timber, tobacco, walnut and tea are some products of importance. In 2016, the total GDP was , with a GDP per capita of . Administrative divisions Nayong is partitioned in the following town-level divisions: Climate Demographics The total population is a little over 1 million people as of 2016 with a male to female ratio of 1.07:1. The urban populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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