Qabiao language

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Qabiao
Laqua
Region
Hà Giang, Vietnam; Wenshan, Yunnan, China
EthnicityQabiao
Native speakers
710 (2009 census)[1]
  • Kra
    • Yang–Biao
      • Qabiao
Latin script in Vietnam
Language codes
ISO 639-3laq
Glottologqabi1235
ELPLaqua

Qabiao, Pu Peo or sometimes Laqua (

autonym: qa0 biau33; Chinese: Pubiao 普标, Vietnamese: Pu Péo) is a Kra language spoken by the Qabiao people in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, China.[2]
Alternative names for Qabiao include Kabeo, Ka Beo, Ka Bao, Ka Biao, Laqua, Pubiao (Pupeo or Pu Péo) and Pen Ti Lolo (Bendi Lolo). The meaning of the name "Qabiao" is unknown.

Lolo–Burmese language spoken near the Qabiao area, is notable for having a Qabiao substratum (Hsiu 2014:68-69).[3]

Geographic distribution

In Vietnam, Qabiao is spoken in

Yên Minh and Mèo Vạc Districts.[2]

Tran (2011:15) reports that Qabiao is spoken in the following locations of

Ha Giang Province
.

  • Phố Là, Sùng Chéng, Phó Bảng, Phó Cáo, and Má Lé communes of
    Đồng Văn District
  • Cháng Lổ and Sùng Chéng of Phú Lũng commune,
    Yên Minh District
  • Tiến Xuân, Yen Cường commune,
    Bắc Mê District
  • Mèo Vạc District

The Pu Péo (Qabiao) of Vietnam claim that they had traditionally lived in the following villages in Vietnam and China (Tran 2011:16).

In China, Qabiao is spoken in Tiechang Township 铁厂镇 and Donggan Township 懂干镇 in Malipo County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan (Liang, et al. 2007). Many Qabiao people have shifted to Southwestern Mandarin, although it is still spoken in villages such as Pufeng 普峰.[4]

Phonology

The Qabiao language has the following tones: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2.[2][5]

Like

sesquisyllables, which are not present in most Kra-Dai languages.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Qabiao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c Diller, Anthony, Jerold A. Edmondson, and Yongxian Luo ed. The Tai–Kadai Languages. Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press, 2008.
  3. ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2014. "Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese". In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14). Taipei: Academia Sinica.
  4. ^ 麻栗坡县铁厂乡董渡村委会新民寨自然村
  5. ^ See Proto-Tai language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.
  6. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2021). "Typological profile of Kra-Dai languages". In Sidwell (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia: A Comprehensive Guide. p. 442.

References

  • Hsiu, Andrew. 2014. "Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese". In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14). Taipei: Academia Sinica.
  • Liang Min, Zhang Junru & Li Yunbing (2007). Pubiao yu yanjiu. Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House.

Further reading

External links
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