Mashan Miao language
Mang | |
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Mashan Miao | |
Pronunciation | mʱaŋ˨ |
Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (140,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:hmm – Centralhmp – Northernhma – Southernhmw – Western |
Glottolog | mash1238 |
Mang, or Mashan Miao also known as Mashan Hmong (麻山 máshān), is a
Varieties
Mang was classified as a branch of
- Central Mang: 70,000 speakers
- Northern Mang: 35,000
- Western Mang: 14,000
- Southern Mang: 10,000
- Southeastern Mang: 4,000
- Southwestern Mang: 4,000
Demographics
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[4] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[5]
Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
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North | 30,000 | Changshun, Huishui, Luodian | Baisuo Township 摆梭乡, Changshun County |
South | 8,000 | Wangmo | Youquan village 油全村, Lekuan Township 乐宽乡, Wangmo County |
Central | 50,000+ | Ziyun, Wangmo, Luodian | Jiaotuo 绞坨寨, Zongdi Township 宗地乡, Ziyun County
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West | 10,000+ | Ziyun | Sidazhai 四大寨, Houchang Township 猴场乡, Ziyun County
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Southeast | 5,000 | Luodian | Babazhai 把坝寨, Moyin Township 模引乡, Wangmo County |
Southwest | 4,000+ | Wangmo, Luodian | Babangzhai 岜棒寨, Dalang Township 打狼乡, Ziyun County
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According to Sun (2017), the central dialect of Mashan Miao is spoken in the following locations by a total of approximately 50,000 speakers.[6]
- Ziyun County: Zongdi 宗地, Dayi 打易, Gejing 格井, Kehun 克混, Meichang 妹场, Baihua 百花
- Luodian County: Fengting 逢亭, Bianyang 边阳, etc.
Phonology and script
A pinyin alphabet had been created for Mang in 1985, but proved to have deficiencies. Wu and Yang (2010) report the creation of a new alphabet, albeit a tentative one, based on the Central Mang dialect of
Consonants, in pinyin, are:
- labial: b p nb np, m f v, by py nby my, bl pl nbl npl ml
- lateral: l lj
- dental or alveolar stops: d t dl dj nd nt n
- dental affricates: z c s nz nc
- retroflex: dr tr ndr nr sh r
- alveolo-palatal: j q nj x y ny
- velar or uvular: g k ngg ng, h w hw
- (zero onset)
The Latin voiced/voiceless opposition has been coopted to indicate aspiration, as usual in pinyin alphabets.
Correspondences between Central Mang dialects include Dadiba retroflex dr, tr with dental z, c in another village of the same Zongdi township, Sanjiao (三脚 Sānjiǎo). The other five varieties of Mang have more palatalized initials than Central Mang, though these can be transcribed as medial -i-. The onsets by, py, nby, my are pronounced [pʐ pʰʐ mpʐ mʐ ] in Central Mang and [pj pʰj mpj mj] in the other five Mang varieties.
Vowels and finals, including those needed for Chinese loans, are:
- a aa [ã] ai ao ain ang
- e ea ei en ein eu ew eng
- i iou in ie iu iao ian iang
- o ou ow ong
- u uw ua ui ue un uai uan uang
- yu
Most Central Mang and Western Mang dialects have eleven to thirteen
Dadiba | Jingshuiping | Jiaotuozhai | ||
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1a | -b | ˦˨ 42 | ˧ 3 | ˧˨ 32 |
1b | -p | ˨ 2 | ||
2 | -x | ˥ 5 | ˦˨ 42 | ˥˧ 53 |
3a | -d | ˥˧ 53 | ˦˨ 42 | |
3b | -z | ˨˧˨ 232 | ||
4 | -l | ˩ 1 | ||
5a | -t | ˥ 55 | ||
5b | -c | ˨˦ 24 | ˧˥ 35 | |
6 | -s | ˩˧ 13 | ||
6' | -p | ˨ 2 | ˧ 3 | |
7a | -k | ˧ 3 | ˦ 4 | |
7b | -s | ˩˧ 13 | ||
8 | -f | ˨˩ 21 |
Although some pairs of tones (such as tones 6 and 7b) have the same value when pronounced alone, they behave differently with regard to tone sandhi and should be treated as different phonologically. Tones also interact with phonation types and vowel quality. Jiaotuozhai tones 4 and 6 are breathy voiced and have higher vowels.
References
- ^ Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Western at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世, ed. (1985). Miáoyǔ jiǎnzhì 苗语简志 [Miao Language Brief History] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- ^ Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2000). Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū 苗语方言划分遗留问题研究 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
- OCLC 1112270585.
- ^ Wang Fushi 王辅世. 1985. Miaoyu jianzhi 苗语简志. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社.
- ISBN 9787105142385.
- ^ Wu, Zhengbiao 吴正彪; Yang, Guangying 杨光应 (2010). "Máshān cì fāngyán qū Miáo wén fāng'àn de shèjì yǔ shǐyòng—jiān tán Miáozú yīngxióng shǐshī "Yàlǔ wáng" de jì yì zhěnglǐ wèntí" 麻山次方言区苗文方案的设计与使用—兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题 (PDF). Mínzú fānyì 民族翻译 (in Chinese). 2010 (3): 58–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ Several consonants were added to the 1985 alphabet, while bz, pz, nbz, mz and gh were removed.[7]
- ^ Mortensen (2006). "Diachronic Universals and Synchronic Parochialisms: Explaining Tone-Vowel Interactions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-20 – via pitt.edu.