Kangjia language

Kangjia
Kangjia
Native to	China
Region	Qinghai
Ethnicity	2,000 (2007)
Native speakers	1,000 (2007)
Language family	Mongolic Shirongolic Kangjia; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxs
Glottolog	kang1281
ELP	Kangjia

The Kangjia language (Chinese: 康家语; pinyin: Kāngjiāyǔ) is a recently discovered^[when?] Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca (Jianzha) County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province of China. As to its taxonomic affiliation, Kangjia seems to be an intermediate between Bonan language and Dongxiang language (Santa).

Phonology[]

Kangjia has nine vowels.^[2]

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close		ʉ	u
Near-close		ɪ̈
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid			ɔ
Open	a

Consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t͡s	t͡ʃ	k	q
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d͡z	d͡ʒ		g	ɢ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ			χ	h
Fricative	voiced	v	z			ɣ	ʁ
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Approximant			l		j
Trill			r

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Kangjia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hans, Nugteren (2011). Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Universiteit Leiden. ISBN 978-94-6093-070-6.

References[]

Kim, Stephen S. (2003). "Santa". In Janhunen, Juha (ed.). The Mongolic Languages. London: Routledge. pp. 347–348. ISBN 0-203-98791-8.
Sechenchogtu 斯钦朝克图 (1999). Kāngjiāyǔ yánjiū 康家语硏究 [A Study of the Kangjia Language] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai yuandong chubanshe. ISBN 7-80613-534-0.

External links[]

The Website of China's Minority Language Studies (中国民族语言研究网) (in Chinese)

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[e18-1] Kangjia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hans, Nugteren (2011). Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Universiteit Leiden. ISBN 978-94-6093-070-6.

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