Muji language

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

  • Qila (期腊[4]) 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 Châu Province, Vietnam

Phonology

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Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates /k𝼄ʰ, k𝼄, ɡʟ̝/.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
    Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
    Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Pelkey (2011).
  3. ^ Pelkey (2011), p. 166.
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Pelkey (2011), p. 243.

Further reading

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