Xong language
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| Xong | |
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| Xiangxi Miao | |
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| Native to | China |
| Region | Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei, Guangxi and Chongqing |
| Ethnicity | Qo Xiong |
Native speakers | ~900,000 (2005)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
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| ISO 639-3 | Either:mmr – Western Xiangxi Miaomuq – Eastern Xiangxi Miao |
| Glottolog | nort2748 |
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The Xong language (Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".)[2] is the northernmost Hmongic language, spoken in south-central China by around 0.9 million people. It is called Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Western Hunan Miao") in Chinese, as well as Eastern Miao (Script error: No such module "Lang".). In Western sources, it has been called Meo, Red Miao, and North Hmongic.[3] An official alphabet was adopted in 1956.
Distribution
Xong is spoken mainly in Hunan province, but also in a few areas of Guizhou and Hubei provinces, Guangxi, and Chongqing municipality in China. Xong-speaking communities, by county, are:[4]
- Western (Xong): 800,000 speakers (autonym Script error: No such module "IPA".)
- Hunan
- Guizhou
- Hubei
- Chongqing
- Guangxi
- Hechi (including Beiya 坝牙村 of Xia'ao 下坳乡, Yong'an 永安乡, and Banling 板岭乡 of Du'an County[5])
- Nandan County
- Eastern (Suang): 80,000 speakers
- Hunan
- Jishou, Xiangxi (e.g., in Xiaozhangzhai 小章寨, with autonym Script error: No such module "IPA".)
- Longshan County, Xiangxi (e.g., in Wujiazhai 吴家寨)
- Guzhang County, Xiangxi
- Luxi County, Xiangxi (e.g., in Dongtouzhai 洞头寨, with autonym Script error: No such module "IPA".)
- Hunan
Classification
Xong was classified in its own branch of the Hmongic family in Strecker (1987). Xiang (1999)[4] divided Xong into western and eastern dialects. Matisoff (2001) considered these to be two distinct languages, but Matisoff (2006) consolidated them into one. Yang (2004)[6] divides each of these dialects into three subdialects, as listed below. Speaker populations and locations are from Li and Li (2012).[7]
- Western (includes standardized Xong)
- Lect 1 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Jiwei 吉卫, Huayuan County; 769,000 speakers in the counties of Fenghuang (except Baren 叭仁乡), most of Huayuan, southern Jishou, Xinhuang, Mayang, Songtao, parts of Rongjiang, parts of Ziyun, Xiushan, parts of Nandan, parts of Hechi, and parts of Du'an.
- Lect 2 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Yangmeng 阳孟, Jishou; 120,000 speakers in the counties of eastern Huayuan, western and northern Jishou, eastern Baojing, southwestern Guzhang, Fenghuang (in Baren 叭仁乡), and Xuan'en.
- Lect 3 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Zhongxin 中心, Baojing County; 30,000 speakers in southeastern Baojing County.
- Eastern
- Lect 4 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Xiaozhang 小章, Luxi County; 6,000 speakers in and around Xiaozhang, Luxi County
- Lect 5 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Danqing 丹青, Jishou; 48,000 speakers in the counties of northwestern Luxi, eastern Jishou, and southeastern Guzhang.
- Lect 6 (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA".): Dengshang 蹬上, Longshan County; 300 speakers in southern Longshan County and Yongshun County (in Shouche 首车乡).
He Fuling (2009) describes a western Qo Xiong dialect of Gouliang Ethnic Miao Village, Ala Township, Fenghuang County (凤凰县阿拉镇勾良苗寨).
Chen (2009)[8] describes a western Qo Xiong dialect of Daxing Town 大兴镇, Songtao County, Guizhou.
Phonology and script
A written standard based on the Western dialect in Làyǐpíng (腊乙坪) village and Jíwèi (吉卫) town, Huāyuán county, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture was established in 1956.
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | (Alveolo-) palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | app. | plain | pal. | aff. | plain | aff. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||
| Nasal | voiced | m | mʲ | mʴ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||||||
| aspirated | m̥ʰ | n̥ʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | pʲ | pʴ | t | ts | ʈ | c | tɕ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | |||
| aspirated | pʰ | pʲʰ | pʴʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | ʈʰ | cʰ | tɕʰ | kʰ | kʷʰ | qʰ | qʷʰ | ||||
| prenasal | ᵐp | ⁿt | ⁿts | ᶯʈ | ᶮc | ᶮtɕ | ᵑk | ᵑkʷ | ᶰq | ᶰqʷ | ||||||
| prenasal asp. | ᵐpʰ | ᵐpʴʰ | ⁿtʰ | ⁿtsʰ | ᶯʈʰ | ᶮcʰ | ᶮtɕʰ | ᵑkʰ | ᵑkʷʰ | ᶰqʰ | ᶰqʷʰ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | h | hʷ | |||||||||
| voiced | ʐ | ʑ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | voiced | w | l | lʲ | ||||||||||||
| aspirated | l̥ʰ | l̥ʲʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | e | ɤ | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||
| p | ⟨b⟩ | pʰ | ⟨p⟩ | ᵐp | ⟨nb⟩ | mpʰ | ⟨np⟩ | m | ⟨m⟩ | m̥ʰ | ⟨hm⟩ | ||
| pʴ | ⟨bl⟩ | pɹʰ | ⟨pl⟩ | mpɹʰ | ⟨npl⟩ | mʴ | ⟨ml⟩ | ||||||
| t | ⟨d⟩ | tʰ | ⟨t⟩ | ⁿt | ⟨nd⟩ | ntʰ | ⟨nt⟩ | l̥ʰ | ⟨hl⟩ | n | ⟨n⟩ | n̥ʰ | ⟨hn⟩ |
| ts | ⟨z⟩ | tsʰ | ⟨c⟩ | ⁿts | ⟨nz⟩ | ntsʰ | ⟨nc⟩ | s | ⟨s⟩ | f | ⟨f⟩ | ||
| tɕ | ⟨j⟩ | tɕʰ | ⟨q⟩ | ᶮtɕ | ⟨nj⟩ | ntɕʰ | ⟨nq⟩ | ɕ | ⟨x⟩ | ʑ | ⟨y⟩ | ||
| ʈ | ⟨zh⟩ | ʈʰ | ⟨ch⟩ | ᶯʈ | ⟨nzh⟩ | ɳʈʰ | ⟨nch⟩ | ʂ | ⟨sh⟩ | ʐ | ⟨r⟩ | ɳ | ⟨nh⟩ |
| k | ⟨g⟩ | kʰ | ⟨k⟩ | ᵑk | ⟨ngg⟩ | ŋkʰ | ⟨nk⟩ | ||||||
| q | ⟨gh⟩ | qʰ | ⟨kh⟩ | ᶰq | ⟨ngh⟩ | ɴqʰ | ⟨nkh⟩ | ||||||
| w | ⟨w⟩ | h | ⟨h⟩ | ||||||||||
| i | ⟨i⟩ | u | ⟨u⟩ | ||
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iu⟩ | ||||
| ɑ | ⟨a⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ia⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ua⟩ |
| o | ⟨o⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨io⟩ | ||
| e | ⟨e⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ie⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ue⟩ |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ei⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ui⟩ | ||
| a | ⟨ea⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iea⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨uea⟩ |
| ɔ | ⟨ao⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iao⟩ | ||
| ɤ | ⟨eu⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ieu⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ueu⟩ |
| ɯ | ⟨ou⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iou⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨uou⟩ |
| ɛ | ⟨an⟩ | iɛ | ⟨ian⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨uan⟩ |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨en⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨in⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨un⟩ |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ang⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iang⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨uang⟩ |
| Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨ong⟩ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ⟨iong⟩ |
| Tone | IPA | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| high rising, 45 | ˦˥ | ⟨b⟩ |
| low falling, 21 | ˨˩ | ⟨x⟩ |
| high, 4 | ˦ | ⟨d⟩ |
| low, 2 | ˨ | ⟨l⟩ |
| high falling, 53 | ˥˧ | ⟨t⟩ |
| falling, 42 | ˦˨ | ⟨s⟩ |
References
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- ^ Western Xiangxi Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Xiangxi Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sposato, Adam (2015). A Grammar of Xong (PDF) (PhD thesis). University at Buffalo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-10.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ratliff, Martha (2010). Hmong–Mien language history. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics. hdl:1885/146760. ISBN 978-0-85883-615-0.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Xiang, Rizheng 向日征 (1999). Jíwèi Miáoyǔ yánjiū 吉卫苗语硏究 [A Study of Jiwei Miao] (in 中文). Chengdu: Sichuan renmin chubanshe.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Guangxi Zhuangzu zizhiqu shaoshu minzu yuyan wenzi gongzuo weiyuanhui [Guangxi Minority Languages Orthography Committee] (2008). Guǎngxī mínzú yǔyán fāngyīn cíhuì 广西民族语言方音词汇 [Vocabularies of Guangxi Ethnic Languages] (in 中文). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪 (2004). Miáoyǔ dōngbù fāngyán tǔyǔ bǐjiào 苗语东部方言土语比较 (in 中文). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Li, Jinping 李锦平; Li, Tianyi 李天翼 (2012). Miáoyǔ fāngyán bǐjiào yánjiū 苗语方言比较研究 [A Comparative Study of Miao Dialects] (in 中文). Chengdu: Xinan jiaotong daxue chubanshe.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chen, Hong 陈宏 (2009). Guìzhōu Sōngtáo Dàxīngzhèn Miáoyǔ yánjiū 贵州松桃大兴镇苗语研究 (Ph.D. thesis) (in 中文). Nankai daxue.
Further reading
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sposato, Adam (2015). A Grammar of Xong (PDF) (PhD thesis). University at Buffalo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-10.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sposato, Adam (2021). A Grammar of Xong. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-076493-2.
- Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪. 2017. Xiangxi Miaoyu, Tujiayu yu Hanyu jiechu yanjiu 湘西苗语、土家语与汉语接触研究. Changchun: Jilin University Press 吉林大学出版社. ISBN 978-7-5692-1507-6.
External links
- Xong comparative vocabulary list on Wiktionary (6 dialects compared)
- Xong basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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