Social:Tholo language

From HandWiki
Short description: Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China
Tanglang
Tholo
吐鲁沙, Toloza
Pronunciation[thólōzɑ̄]
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
2,000 (2009)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Lolo–Burmese
Language codes
ISO 639-3ytl
Glottologtang1372[2]
Lang Status 80-VU.svg
Tholo is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tanglang (Chinese: 堂郎语), or Tholo (autonym: tʰo55 lo33 zɑ33), is a Loloish language spoken by 947 people in 8 villages of southern Tai'an Township 太安乡, Lijiang County, Yunnan, including in Hongmai 红麦 [3][4] and Shuijing 水井村[5] villages. Tanglang has been in long-term contact with Bai, and is also in contact with Naxi.[4] The speakers' name for the language is tʰo˦˨lo˦˨.[4]

Tanglang is taught in local schools.

Names

Tanglang speakers are referred to by the following names.[5]

  • autonym: tʰo42 lo42 zɑ33 (Tulusha 吐鲁沙)
  • exonym in Heqing County: Tanglangzi 堂郎子
  • exonym of the Nalu 那鲁 (Heihua 黑话) people: Moxie 麽些
  • exonym in Jianchuan County 剑川县: tʰo31 lo31 χo33
  • exonym in Lijiangba District 丽江县坝区: tʰo33 le33 dʌ31
  • exonym in Nanshan 南山: lu55 lu33

References

  1. "Tanglang" (in en). http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Tanglang.htm. 
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Tanglang-Toloza". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tang1372. 
  3. "Yùlóng nàxīzú zìzhìxiàn tàiān xiāng hóngmài cūn wěihuì > cūn qíng gàikuàng". http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=237017. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bradley, David (2004). "Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan" (in en). 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden. https://www.academia.edu/5737342. Retrieved 2016-04-16. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gai, Xingzhi 盖兴之 (2002). "Tánglánghuà gàikuàng" (in zh). Minzu yuwen 2002 (3). 

External links