Tangwang language

Tangwang
Tangwang
Native to	China
Region	Gansu
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Mixed Mandarin–Santa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	tang1373
IETF	crp-u-sd-cngs

The Tangwang language (Chinese: 唐汪话; pinyin: Tángwànghuà) is a variety of Mandarin Chinese heavily influenced by the Mongolic Santa language (Dongxiang). It is spoken in a dozen or so villages in Dongxiang Autonomous County, Gansu Province, China. The linguist Mei W. Lee-Smith calls this creole language the "Tangwang language" (Chinese: 唐汪话), based on the names of the two largest villages (Tangjia 唐家 and Wangjia 汪家, parts of Tangwang town) where it is spoken.^[2]

^ Smith, Norval (1994). "An Annotated List of Creoles, Pidgins, and Mixed Languages". In Arends, Jacque; Muysken, Pieter; Smith, Norval (eds.). Pidgins and Creoles. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. p. 371.
^ Lee-Smith, Mei W. (1996). "The Tangwang Language". In Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tyron, Darrell T. (eds.). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, Volume 2, Part 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 875–882. ISBN 978-3-11-013417-9.

[1] Smith, Norval (1994). "An Annotated List of Creoles, Pidgins, and Mixed Languages". In Arends, Jacque; Muysken, Pieter; Smith, Norval (eds.). Pidgins and Creoles. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. p. 371.

[lee-2] Lee-Smith, Mei W. (1996). "The Tangwang Language". In Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tyron, Darrell T. (eds.). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, Volume 2, Part 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 875–882. ISBN 978-3-11-013417-9.

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