Gejia language

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Gejia
Ge, Chong'an River Miao
家语, 重安江苗语
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
EthnicityGejia
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1995)[1]
Hmong–Mien
Dialects
  • Gejia
  • Dongjia
Language codes
ISO 639-3hmj
Glottologgeee1239

The Ge or Gejia language (

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

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

  1. ^ Gejia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. .

External links