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The '''Cai–Long''' ({{zh|蔡龙语支}}) or '''Ta–Li''' languages are a group of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] spoken in [[Guizhou]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Only [[Caijia language|Caijia]] is still spoken, while [[Longjia language|Longjia]] and [[Luren language|Luren]] are extinct.<ref name="Holzl2021">Hölzl, Andreas. 2021. [http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/20/ldd20_02.pdf Longjia (China) - Language Contexts]. ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34.</ref> The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term ''Cai–Long'' ({{zh|蔡龙语支}}) first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).<ref>GMSWSB 1982 = Guizhousheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui shibie bangongshi 贵州省民族事务委员会识别办公室. Guizhou minzu shibie ziliaoji 贵州民族识别资料集, vol. 8, longjia, caijia 龙家，蔡家. Guiyang. (Unpublished manuscript.)</ref>
The '''Cai–Long''' ({{zh|蔡龙语支}}) or '''Ta–Li''' languages are a group of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] spoken in western [[Guizhou]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Only [[Caijia language|Caijia]] is still spoken, while [[Longjia language|Longjia]] and [[Luren language|Luren]] are extinct.<ref name="Holzl2021">Hölzl, Andreas. 2021. [http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/20/ldd20_02.pdf Longjia (China) - Language Contexts]. ''Language Documentation and Description'' 20, 13-34.</ref> The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term ''Cai–Long'' ({{zh|蔡龙语支}}) first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).<ref>GMSWSB 1982 = Guizhousheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui shibie bangongshi 贵州省民族事务委员会识别办公室. Guizhou minzu shibie ziliaoji 贵州民族识别资料集, vol. 8, longjia, caijia 龙家，蔡家. Guiyang. (Unpublished manuscript.)</ref>


The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be [[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]] or [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]].<ref name="Holzl2021"/>
The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be [[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]] or [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]].<ref name="Holzl2021"/>

Revision as of 18:58, 10 June 2021

Cai–Long
Ta–Li
(tentative)
Geographic
distribution		western Guizhou, China
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions

The Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) or Ta–Li languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in western Guizhou, China. Only Caijia is still spoken, while Longjia and Luren are extinct.[1] The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).[2]

The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be Sinitic or Tibeto-Burman.[1]

Languages

The Cai–Long languages are:[1]

Lexical innovations

Hölzl (2021) proposes the name Ta–Li as a portmanteau of the two lexical innovations ‘two’ and ‘pig’, respectively.

Language ‘two’ ‘pig’
Caijia (Hezhang) ta55 li21
Luren (Qianxi) ta31 li31
Longjia (Pojiao/Huaxi) ta31 lɛ55

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Hölzl, Andreas. 2021. Longjia (China) - Language Contexts. Language Documentation and Description 20, 13-34.
  2. ^ GMSWSB 1982 = Guizhousheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui shibie bangongshi 贵州省民族事务委员会识别办公室. Guizhou minzu shibie ziliaoji 贵州民族识别资料集, vol. 8, longjia, caijia 龙家，蔡家. Guiyang. (Unpublished manuscript.)
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