Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (Chinese: 青仡佬; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.[2][3]
Hagei | |
---|---|
Green Gelao | |
Native to | China and Vietnam |
Region | Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan; Ha Giang Province |
Native speakers | 300 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | giq |
Glottolog | gree1278 |
ELP | Green Gelao |
Dialects edit
The primary dialectal areas where Hagei (Green Gelao) is still spoken are:[4]
- Guizhou: in Guanling County, Qinglong County, and Zhenfeng County[5]
- Guangxi: in Sanchong 三冲 village, Longlin County[6]
- Vietnam: in Hà Giang Province[7]
The Hagei varieties of northern Guizhou, such as in Zunyi, are extinct.[8]
Phonology edit
Consonants edit
- Consonant clusters may include /pl, bl/ and /ps, pz/.
Vowels edit
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | z̞ | u |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a | ||
Syllabic | m̩ | n̩ |
- /z̞/ is typically centralized and may also be heard as a syllabic retroflex [ʐ̩] or a central [ɨ].[6]
References edit
- ^ Hagei at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].
- ^ Zhang Jimin 张済民. 1993. Gelao yu yan jiu 仡佬语研究 (A study of Gelao). Guiyang, China: Guizhou People's Press 贵州民族出版社.
- ^ Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].
- ^ Kosaka, Ryūichi; Zhou, Guoyan; Li; Jinfang. 1998. Geyang yuyan cihuiji [仡央语言词汇集]. Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [贵州民族出版社].
- ^ a b Shen Yumay. 2003. Phonology of Sanchong Gelao. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.
- ^ Samarina, Irina Vladimirovna [Самарина, Ирина Владимировна]. 2011. The Gelao language: materials for a Kadai comparative dictionary [Языки гэлао: материалы к сопоставительному словарю кадайских языко]. Moscow: Academia. ISBN 9785874443917
- ^ Zhou Guoyan 周国炎. 2004. Gelaozu muyu shengtai yanjiu 仡佬族母語生态硏究 (Studies on the linguistic ecology of the Gelao people). Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 民族出版社.
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