The Kangjia language (Chinese: 康家语; pinyin: Kāngjiāyǔ) is a recently discovered[when?] Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca (Jianzha) County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province of China. As to its taxonomic affiliation, Kangjia seems to be an intermediate between Bonan language and Dongxiang language (Santa).
Kangjia | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Qinghai |
Ethnicity | 2,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2007)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kxs |
Glottolog | kang1281 |
ELP | Kangjia |
![]() Kangjia is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Kangjia has nine vowels.[2]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | ʉ | u | |
Near-close | ɪ̈ | ||
Close-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə | ||
Open-mid | ɔ | ||
Open | a |
Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k | q | ||
voiced | b | d͡z | d͡ʒ | g | ɢ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | χ | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
Approximant | l | j | ||||||
Trill | r |
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