Naxi language

E133170
Sino-Tibetan language Tibeto-Burman language natural language

Naxi is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Naxi people in China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, known for its unique pictographic Dongba script and rich oral tradition.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Naxi 3
Naxi language canonical 2
Eastern Naxi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Dongba religion ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalSignificance key component of Naxi cultural identity ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottocode naxi1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Na language (in narrow sense) ⓘ
Nakhi ⓘ
Naqxi ⓘ
hasDialects Naxi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Naxi

Naxi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Naxi

Yongning Na ⓘ
hasGrammarType SOV basic word order ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch extensively documented by Western and Chinese linguists ⓘ
hasMorphology analytic morphology ⓘ
hasOralTradition rich oral literature ⓘ
hasPhonology tonal language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Dongba script ⓘ
Geba script ⓘ
Latin-based orthography ⓘ
ISO639-3Code nxq ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tibeto-Burman
neighboringLanguages Chinese language ⓘ
Tibetan language ⓘ
Yi languages ⓘ
notableResearcher Fang Guoyu ⓘ
Joseph F. Rock ⓘ
preservationEfforts local and academic revitalization projects ⓘ
recognizedBy Chinese government as minority language ⓘ
region Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ
surface form: Lijiang

northwestern Yunnan ⓘ
southwestern Sichuan ⓘ
scriptType pictographic script ⓘ
spokenBy Naxi people ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Sichuan Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
tonal true ⓘ
usedFor folklore transmission ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
usedInEducation limited local education ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio and cultural programs ⓘ
writingSystemStatus Dongba script not fully standardized ⓘ
writingSystemUsage Dongba script mainly used by priests ⓘ
Geba script used as syllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Naxi language ⓘ
Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Naxi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naxi
Naxi language → hasDialects → Naxi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Naxi
Naxi language → hasDialects → Naxi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Naxi
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Naxi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naxi
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas → languageOfLocalCommunities → Naxi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naxi
Lolo-Burmese → includes → Naxi language ⓘ