Lingling_dialect

Linglinghua

Linglinghua

Mixed Mandarin–Miao dialect of Guangxi, China

Lingling (Chinese: Linghua 伶话 Línghuà or Lingling hua; Lingling: liŋ55 va33) is an unclassified mixed Chinese dialect. It is spoken by 20,000 ethnic Miao in Longsheng County, Guangxi. It is only spoken within the community; with outsiders, Southwestern Mandarin is spoken.

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He (2009) covers the Linghua dialect of Taiping (太平村), Pingdeng Township (平等乡), Longsheng County, Guangxi.

A description of the Taipingtang 太平塘村 dialect of Linghua can be found in Wang (2014).[1]

Phonology

Phonology:[1]

Consonants
pttɬtʂtɕk
pʰtʰtɬʰtʂʰtɕʰkʰ
bddldʑg
mnŋ
fsɕ
ɬh
wl

Vowels: /i, a, ɔ, u, y, ə/

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Vocabulary

This section lists sample vocabulary in Linghua from Wang (2014). Translated English glosses have also been provided.[1]

Pronouns

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Numerals

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Nature

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Body parts

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References

  1. [1]
    Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (2014). "Guangxi Longsheng Linghua jilüe 广西龙胜伶话记略". Wang Fushi yuyan yanjiu wenji 王辅世语言研究文集. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China). ISBN 978-7-5097-5966-0. (Originally published in Fangyan 方言 1979(2):137-141; 1979(3):231-240)
  • He Danpeng [何丹鵬]. 2009. 廣西龍勝伶話語音的歷史層次研究 [Study of the Longsheng (Guangxi) Linghua phonology and its historical strata]. Ph.D. dissertation. City University of Hong Kong.
  • Ming studies, 34–35:55, University of Minnesota, 1990
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