Muji or Muzi is a Loloish language cluster spoken by the Phula people of China. It is one of several such languages to go by the name Muji. Muji varieties are Northern Muji, Qila Muji, Southern Muji, and Bokha–Phuma.[2]
| Muji | |
|---|---|
| Bokha | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | 55,000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ymc – Southern Mujiymq – Qila Mujiymx – Northern Muji (Bokha)ybk – Bokha (Black Muji)ypm – Phuma (Black Muji) |
| Glottolog | core1246 |
The representative Southern Muji dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Pujiazhai (普家寨), Adebo Township (阿德博乡), Jinping County.
Qila Muji is spoken in the following three villages:[3]
- Qila (期腊[4]) Laojizhai Township (老集寨乡), southern Jinping County, China
- Wantan, Jinshuihe Township 金水河镇, southern Jinping County, China
- Muong Gong, northwestern Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
Phonology
editQila dialect has velar lateral affricates /k𝼄ʰ, k𝼄, ɡʟ̝/.[5]
References
edit- ^ Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Pelkey (2011).
- ^ Pelkey (2011), p. 166.
- ^ "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Lǎoliú Cūnwěihuì Qílà Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇老刘村委会期腊村 [Qila Village; Laoliu Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ^ Pelkey (2011), p. 243.
Further reading
edit- Pelkey, Jamin R. (2011). Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110245851. ISBN 978-3-11-024585-1.
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