Situ language
Situ | |
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Eastern rGyalrong | |
Native to | China |
Region | Sichuan |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in jya) |
Glottolog | situ1238 |
Situ (Chinese: 四土话; pinyin: Sìtǔ huà) is a Rgyalrong language spoken in Sichuan, China. The name "Situ", literally "four Tusi", comes from a historical name of the Ma'erkang region.[1]
Distribution[]
Gates (2012: 102-103)[2] lists the following locations where Zbu is spoken. It is spoken by over 35,000-40,000 people in 57 villages.
- southern half of Ma’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams County (53 villages)
- Zhuókèjī, Mǎ’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams, and Sōnggǎng/rDzong-'gag Towns, including surrounding villages
- Sūomò/Somang and Báiwān/Brag-bar Townships
- Báiwān/Brag-bar and Dǎngbà/Dam-pa Townships
- Jīnchuān/Chu-chen County (4 villages)
- Jímù/Kye-mo Township (although Nilong Village primarily has Lavrung speakers)
- possibly also Kǎlājiǎo and Sāwǎjiǎo Townships
- northwestern Li County, Sichuan
- southernmost Hóngyuán County (recent migrants)
Dialects[]
Gates (2012: 103)[2] lists 7 dialects of Situ.
- Jiaomuzu Township 脚木足乡, western Barkam County
- Jimu Township 集木乡, Jinchuan County
- Dangba Township 党坝乡, southwestern Barkam County
- Bawang-Songgang Townships 巴旺乡-松岗镇, west-central Barkam County
- Ben Town 本镇, central Barkam County
- Zhuokeji Town 卓克基镇, central Barkam County
- Suomo Township 梭磨乡, eastern Barkam County
Grammar[]
Verbal agreement[]
Data adapted from Lin (1993).[3] Columns indicate the patient, and rows the agent. For example, the item tə-no-n in row "2sg" and column "3" means "you(singular) drive him/her/it/them.two/them".
1sg | 1du | 1pl | 2sg | 2du | 2pl | 3 | |
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1sg | ta-no | ta-no-ntʃ | ta-no-ɲ | no-ŋ | |||
1du | ta-no | ta-no-ntʃ | ta-no-ɲ | no-tʃ | |||
1pl | ta-no | ta-no-ntʃ | ta-no-ɲ | no-i | |||
2sg | kə-w-no-ŋ | kə-w-no-tʃ | kə-w-no-i | tə-no-n | |||
2du | kə-w-no-ŋ | kə-w-no-tʃ | kə-w-no-i | tə-no-ntʃ | |||
2pl | kə-w-no-ŋ | kə-w-no-tʃ | kə-w-no-i | tə-no-ɲ | |||
3sg | wə-no-ŋ | wə-no-tʃ | wə-no-i | tə-w-no | tə-w-no-ntʃ | tə-w-no-ɲ | no-u |
3du | wə-no-ŋ | wə-no-tʃ | wə-no-i | tə-w-no | tə-w-no-ntʃ | tə-w-no-ɲ | no-ntʃ |
3pl | wə-no-ŋ | wə-no-tʃ | wə-no-i | tə-w-no | tə-w-no-ntʃ | tə-w-no-ɲ | no-ɲ |
References[]
- ^ "Rgyalrong Culture" 嘉绒人文. Ma'erkang City Government website.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gates, Jesse P. (2012). Situ in situ: towards a dialectology of Jiāróng (rGyalrong) (MA thesis). Trinity Western University.
- ^ Lin Xiangrong 林向荣 1993. 《嘉戎语研究》[A study on the rGyalrong language] Chengdu: Sichuan Minzu chubanshe.
- Zhang, Shuya (2016). La phonologie et la morphologie du dialecte de Brag-dbar du rgyalrong situ [The phonology and morphology of the Bragdbar dialect of Situ Rgyalrong] (MA thesis) (in French). INALCO.
- Prins, Maria Clazina (2011). A web of relations: a grammar of rGyalrong Jiăomùzú (Kyom-kyo) dialects (PhD thesis). Leiden University. hdl:1887/18157.
- Prins, Marielle (2016). A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects: A Web of Relations. Leiden & Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9789004325630.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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- Qiangic languages
- Languages of China
- Sino-Tibetan language stubs