Zhaba | |
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[dʐa35 ʂka55] | |
Native to | China |
Native speakers | 7,800 (2008)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zhb |
Glottolog | zhab1238 |
ELP | Zhaba |
Zhaba is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Zhaba, also known as Bazi, Bozi, Draba, nDrapa, Zaba, Zha (Chinese: 扎坝语or扎巴语), is a Qiangic languageofSichuan, China spoken by about 8,000 people in Daofu County and Yajiang County. The Zhaba, who are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Tibetan people, refer to themselves as [ndʐa55 pɪ31] and to the Zhaba language as [ndʐa35 ʂka55].[2] Neighboring Khams Tibetan speakers refer to the Zhaba people as [ndʐa55 pa55]. Zhaba speakers live primarily in the Xianshui River 鲜水河 valley.[2]
Descriptions of Zhaba include Huang (1991)[3] and Gong (2007).[2] Huang & Dai (1992)[4] document the Queyu dialect spoken in Zhatuo Village 扎拖村, Zhatuo Township 扎拖乡, Daofu County, Sichuan.
Labial | Alveolar | (Alveolo-)palatal | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
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plain | appr. | plain | sibilant | |||||||
Nasal | voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̥ | ŋ̥ | ||||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | pʳ | t | ts | tɕ | ʈʂ | k | q | |
aspirated | pʰ | pʰʳ | tʰ | tsʰ | tɕʰ | ʈʂʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||
voiced | b | bʳ | d | dz | dʑ | ɖʐ | ɡ | |||
prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdz | ᶮdʑ | ᶯɖʐ | ᵑɡ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | (f) | ɬ | s | ɕ | ʂ | x | h | ||
voiced | z | ʑ | ʐ | ɣ | ɦ | |||||
Approximant | w | l | j | |||||||
Trill | r |
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Unrounded | Rounded | |||
High | i ĩ | y ỹ | ɯ | u ũ |
Mid | e ẽ | ø ø̃ | ə ə̃ | o õ |
Low | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɐ | a ã |
Additionally, the following diphthongs and triphthongs have been observed: /ui/, /ue/, /uɛ/, /uɛ̃/, /yɛ/, /uɐ/, /ua/, /ei/, /ɛi/, /əu/, /ai/, /au/, /uei/, /iau/.
Ethnologue (21st edition) lists two dialects of Zhaba:
A total of 8,319 Zhaba people are distributed in the following townships of Zhaba District 扎坝区ofDaofu County (Upper Zha 上扎 area), and Zhamai District 扎麦区ofYajiang County (Lower Zha 下扎 area) (Gong 2007:2-3).[2] Zhaba people from the two districts speak the same mutually intelligible language.
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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