Gejia language
| Gejia | |
|---|---|
| Ge, Chong'an River Miao | |
 家语, 重安江苗语 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
| Ethnicity | Gejia |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hmj |
| Glottolog | geee1239 |
The Ge or Gejia language (Chinese: 家语), also known as Chong'anjiang Miao (Chinese: 重安江苗语), is a West Hmongic language of Huangping County, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled Mhong, though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced [m̥ōŋ], as in the Hmong language. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves Gédōu.
Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the Hmu language (Qiandong Miao 黔东苗语) area. Dongjia, spoken nearby in Majiang County, is closely related to Gejia.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Sun (2017)[3] lists the following locations for Chong'anjiang Miao, and gives a speaker population estimate of 40,000.
- Huangping County: Fengtang 枫塘, Chongxin 重新, Chongren 崇仁, etc.
- Kaili City: Longchang 龙场, Ganba 甘坝, Longshan 龙山, Longchang 隆昌, Bibo 碧波, etc.
References
[edit]- ^ Gejia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Chen, Xueyu 陈雪玉 (2011). Lùn Dōngjiahuà zài Miáoyǔ Chuān Qián Diān fāngyán zhōng dì dìwèi 论东家话在苗语川黔滇方言中的地位 (MA thesis) (in Chinese). Zhongyang minzu daxue.
- ^ Sun, Hongkai 孙宏开; Ting, Pang-hsin 丁邦新, eds. (2017). Hanzangyu yuyin he cihui 汉藏语语音和词汇. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社. p. 40. ISBN 9787105142385.
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