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Ai-Cham (autonym: ʔai˧tʲam˩; Chinese: 锦话) is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Diwo 地莪 and Boyao 播尧 Townships, Jialiang District, Libo County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou, China. Alternative names for the language are Jiamuhua, Jinhua and Atsam. Fang-Kuei Li first distinguished the language in 1943. Nearby languages include Bouyei and Mak. However, Yang (2000) considers Ai-Cham and Mak to be different dialects of an identical language.[2]

Ai-Cham
Native to	China
Region	Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province
Native speakers	2,700 (2000)[1]
Language family	Kra–Dai Kam–Sui Ai-Cham
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aih
Glottolog	aich1238

Ai-Cham has six tones. Regarded of speaker's nationality, they are being subsumed under "Bouyei" nationality (same with speakers of Mak language).

The mythical patriarch and hero of the Ai-Cham people is the demigod Wu Sangui, who is celebrated during the Ai-Cham New Year.[3]

References

• Edmondson, J. A., & Solnit, D. B. (1988). Comparative Kadai: linguistic studies beyond Tai. Summer Institute of Linguistics publications in linguistics, no. 86. [Arlington, Tex.]: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 0-88312-066-6.

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- [en] Ai-Cham language

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[fr] Ai-cham

L'ai-cham (prononcé localement /ʔai33tɕam22/, chinois : 锦 ; pinyin : jǐn) est une langue tai-kadai parlée dans la province du Guizhou, en république populaire de Chine.

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