Caijia language

Caijia
Menni
men³¹ni³³
meŋ²¹ni³³ŋoŋ³³
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
Native speakers
1,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologcaij1234

Caijia (Chinese: 蔡家话) is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou. It was first documented by Chinese researchers in the 1980s.[2] It has been described by different authors as a relative of Bai or an early split from Old Chinese. The autonym is men³¹ni³³. According to Lu (2022), Caijia speakers in Xingfa 兴发乡, Hezhang County refer to their language as meŋ²¹ni³³ŋoŋ³³.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bo2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hölzl, Andreas (2021). "Longjia (China) – Language Contexts" (PDF). Language Documentation and Description. 20: 13–34.
  3. ^ Lü, Shanshan 吕珊珊 (2022). A Reference Grammar of Caijia: An Unclassified Language of Guizhou. De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110724806. ISBN 978-3-11-072480-6. S2CID 252855820.