Muji language

Muji 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 (Pelkey 2011).

Not to be confused with Moji language or Muzi language.
Muji
Bokha
Native toChina
Native speakers
55,000 (2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ymc – Southern Muji
ymq – Qila Muji
ymx – Northern Muji (Bokha)
ybk – Bokha (Black Muji)
ypm – Phuma (Black Muji)
Glottologcore1246[2]

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 3 villages (Pelkey 2011:166).

  • Qila 期腊,[3] 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 Chau Province, Vietnam

Phonology

Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates /kʰ, k, ɡʟ̝/ (Pelkey 2011: 243).

gollark: You could have a "game night" or something instead of buying random trinkets for each other.
gollark: To which I say bee you do something less consumerist.
gollark: Anyway, despite being economically bad (unless you can give special things not available on the open market), you may object that gifting is still good because it forms social bonds.
gollark: Well, if it would actually be better for them than the equivalent money try and convince them so.
gollark: Recommend them it, as I said.

References
  1. Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
    Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
    Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Core Muji". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188162


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