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Zaiwa (autonym: tsau˧˩˩va˥˩; Tsaiwa, Tsaiva, 载瓦; Burmese: ဇိုင်ဝါး/အဇီး) is a Burmish language spoken in parts of southwest China and eastern Burma. There are around 100,000 speakers. It is also known as Atsi, its name in Jingpo. Other names for the language include Atzi, Azi, Aci, Aji, Atshi, Atsi-Maru, Maru, Zi, Tsaiwa, Szi and Xiaoshanhua.[2] Pela (Bola), with 400 speakers, was once classified as a dialect. From the 1950s Zaiwa was written using the Roman script. A Gospel of Mark was published in Zaiwa in 1938 in the Fraser alphabet and in 1951 in the Roman script.[3][4]

Zaiwa
Tsaiwa, Tsaiva
PronunciationIPA: [tsau˧˩˩va˥˩]
Native toChina, Burma
Native speakers
(110,000 cited 1997–1999)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Lolo–Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Maruic
          • Zaiwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3atb
Glottologzaiw1241

Distribution


There are more than 70,000 Zaiwa speakers in Yunnan, China, including in:[5]

The Ethnologue lists Bengwa, Longzhun and Tingzhu as dialects.

In Myanmar, the Sadon (Sadung) dialect is the standard variety.[6]


Tones


Zaiwa has five tones. Three of these five tones are in unchecked syllables and the remaining two are in checked syllables.[4] The tones are distinguished through a numbering system of one to five; one being the lowest pitch and five the highest pitch.[7]


References


  1. Zaiwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Atsi". MultiTree.
  3. Marku Mau Sau (The Gospel According to St. Mark in Atsi). British & Foreign Bible Society, Burma Agency. 1951.
  4. "Zaiwa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  5. Xu, Xijian 徐悉艰; Xu, Guizhen 徐桂珍, Jǐngpǒzú Zàiwǎyǔ jiǎnzhì 景颇族载瓦语简志 (in Chinese)
  6. Yabu (1982).
  7. Lustig (2010).

Further reading




На других языках


- [en] Zaiwa language

[ru] Цзайва (язык)

Цзайва (кит. 载瓦) — лоло-бирманский язык, распространённый в Китае (провинция Юньнань, Дэхун-Дай-Качинский автономный округ) и Мьянме (штат Качин). Число носителей около 110 тыс. чел. В Китае традиционно считается диалектом языка цзинпо.



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