Li Jinfang | |||||||
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| Born | Li Jinfang October 1963 | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Occupation | Linguist | ||||||
| Academic background | |||||||
| Alma mater | Minzu University | ||||||
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| Institutions | Minzu University | ||||||
| Main interests | Kra-Dai languages | ||||||
| Notable works | Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China (2006) | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 李锦芳 | ||||||
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Li Jinfang (Chinese: 李锦芳; pinyin: Lǐ Jǐnfāng; born October 1963 in Tianlin County, Guangxi[1]) is a Chinese linguist at Minzu University in Beijing, China. Li, an ethnic Zhuang, is a leading specialist in the Kra-Dai languages of southern China, especially the Kra (Geyang) branch. Li's doctoral dissertation focused on the Buyang language, and was published as Studies on the Buyang Language (布央语研究, Bùyāng Yǔ Yánjiū) in 1999.