Laze, rendered in Chinese as Lare (拉热)[2] and Shuitianhua (水田话), is a language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli County, western Sichuan, China.
| Laze | |
|---|---|
| Muli Shuitian | |
| Pronunciation | lɑ33 ze33 |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Sichuan |
Native speakers | 300 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | laze1238 |
Laze is spoken by less than 300 fluent speakers in Xiangjiao Township 项脚乡 within Muli County (Michaud & Jacques 2012).[1]
Name
editThe name Laze (IPA: [lɑ33 ze33]) is likely to be a place name.[2]
Further reading
editPublications are available on:
- an outline of Laze phonology, lexicon and grammar [3]
- Laze phonemes: vowels, consonants, syllable structure [4]
- the historical phonology of Laze, Na and Naxi [5]
- the Laze tone system [6]
Recordings in Laze are available from the Pangloss Collection (an online archive of languages).[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Michaud, Alexis, and Guillaume Jacques. 2012. "The Phonology of Laze: Phonemic Analysis, Syllabic Inventory, and a Short Word List." Yuyanxue Luncong 语言学论丛 (45): 196–230.
- ^ a b Guo Dalie, and He Zhiwu. 1994. Naxizu Shi (A History of the Naxi People). Chongqing: Sichuan Minzu Chubanshe.
- ^ 黄布凡. 2009. “木里水田话概况.” 汉藏语学报 3: 30–55 （Huang Bufan. 2009. “A Survey of Muli Shuitian (Muli Shuitianhua Gaikuang).” Journal of Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (Hanzangyu Xuebao) 3: 30–55.）
- ^ Michaud, Alexis, and Guillaume Jacques. 2012. “The Phonology of Laze: Phonemic Analysis, Syllabic Inventory, and a Short Word List.” Yuyanxue Luncong 语言学论丛 45: 196–230.
- ^ Jacques, Guillaume, and Alexis Michaud. 2011. "Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze." Diachronica 28:468-498.
- ^ Michaud, Alexis. 2009. [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00436463/en “The Prosodic System of Muli Shuitian (Laze) (Muli Shuitianhua Shengdiao Xitong Yanjiu 木里水田话声调系统研究).”] Minority Languages of China (Minzu Yuwen 民族语文) 6: 28–33.
- ^ Laze recordings in the Pangloss Collection
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