Aqaw_Gelao_language

Qau language

Qau language

Kra language

Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao (Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China.[2][3]

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Dialects

The dialects of Qau that are still spoken are:[4]

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • [ʔ] is heard in syllable-initial position before vowels.
  • [w] is heard as an initial consonant of Chinese loanwords.

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...
More information Front, Central ...
More information Front, Central ...
  • /i/ is heard as a syllabic [ɹ̩] when after sounds /s, ts/
  • [ɯ] is only heard in the diphthong /əɯ/.
  • Vowels with a word-final /n/ can also be heard as nasalized [Ṽ].[5]

Pronouns

The following are pronouns from Pingba Gelao.[2]

More information Gloss, Pingba Gelao ...

Numerals

Pingba Gelao numerals are given below.

  1. si33
  2. su33
  3. ta33
  4. pu33
  5. mpu33
  6. naŋ33
  7. ɕi13
  8. zua55
  9. sə13
  10. pan13

References

  1. [1]
    Qau at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Zhang, Jimin 张済民 (1993). Gēlǎoyǔ yánjiū 仡佬语研究 [A Study of Gelao] (in Chinese). Guiyang: Guizhou minzu chubanshe.
  3. [3]
    Zhou, Guoyan 周国炎 (2004). Gēlǎozú mǔyǔ shēngtài yánjiū 仡佬族母語生态硏究 [Studies on the Linguistic Ecology of the Gelao People] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
  4. [4]
    Li, Jinfang 李锦芳 (2006). Xīnán dìqū bīnwēi yǔyán diàochá yánjiū 西南地区濒危语言调查研究 [Studies on Endangered Languages in the Southwest China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
  5. [5]
    He, Jiashan [贺嘉善] (1983). Gēlǎo yǔ jiǎn zhì [仡佬语简志] (A sketch of Gelao). Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].


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