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Shixing, also rendered Shuhi, is a poorly-attested Qiangic language of Sichuan and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Two-thirds of its speakers are monolingual.

Shixing
Shuhi
Native toChina
Native speakers
1,800 (2000)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Lolo-Burmese or Qiangic
    • Naic ?
      • Shixing
Language codes
ISO 639-3sxg
Glottologshix1238
ELPShixing

Shixing is also known by its Tibetan name Xumi (旭米 Xùmǐ); it is spoken by about 1800 people living by the Shuiluo River 水洛 in Shuiluo Township 水洛乡, Mili Tibetan Autonomous County.[2]

Katia Chirkova reports two varieties.[3]


Phonology



Consonants


Xumi features a very unusual phonemic contrast between voiceless /ʎ̥/ and voiced /ʎ/ alveolo-palatal lateral approximants.[4][5]

Consonant phonemes[6][7]
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Nasal voiceless ɲ̊ ŋ̊
voiced m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive aspirated
plain p t k q
voiced b d ɡ ɢ
Affricate aspirated tsʰ tʃʰ ʈʂʰ tɕʰ
plain ts ʈʂ
voiced dz ɖʐ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ ʂ ɕ x χ h
voiced z ʒ ʐ ʑ ɣ ʁ ɦ
Lateral voiceless ʎ̥
voiced l ʎ
Approximant ɹ j w

In the table above, gold phonemes only appear in the Upper Xumi dialect while blue phonemes only appear in the Lower Xumi dialect. All others appear in both Upper and Lower Xumi.


Vowels


Oral monophthongs of Lower Xumi, from Chirkova & Chen (2013:369)
Oral monophthongs of Lower Xumi, from Chirkova & Chen (2013:369)

Oral


Nasal


References


  1. Shixing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Chirkova & Chen (2013), p. 363.
  3. Chirkova & Chen (2013), p. 364.
  4. Chirkova & Chen (2013), pp. 365, 367–368.
  5. Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), pp. 382–383.
  6. Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), p. 382.
  7. Chirkova & Chen (2013), p. 365.
  8. Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), pp. 388–389.
  9. Chirkova & Chen (2013), pp. 369–370.
  10. Chirkova & Chen (2013), p. 369.
  11. Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), p. 389.

Bibliography



На других языках


- [en] Shixing language

[fr] Shixing (langue)

Le shixing (autonyme ʂɪ̘55hĩ55, chinois : 史兴, 旭米 ; pinyin : Shǐxīng, Xùmǐ) est une langue tibéto-birmane parlée en Chine, dans le sud-ouest du Sichuan par environ 1 800 Shixing.



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