Qiang language

E566323
Sino-Tibetan language endangered language natural language

The Qiang language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Qiang ethnic minority in Sichuan, China, known for its complex phonology and rich system of tonal and consonantal contrasts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Northern Qiang language 1
Qiang language canonical 1
Southern Qiang language 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
country China ⓘ
ethnicGroup Qiang ethnic minority ⓘ
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Qiangic ⓘ
Rma (in some linguistic literature) ⓘ
hasDialect Heihu dialect ⓘ
Mawo dialect ⓘ
Northern Qiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ronghong dialect ⓘ
Southern Qiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taoping dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
case marking on nouns ⓘ
complex consonant inventory ⓘ
complex phonology ⓘ
contrastive aspiration ⓘ
evidentiality distinctions ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
rich system of consonantal contrasts ⓘ
rich tonal contrasts (in some dialects) ⓘ
tone (in many varieties) ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
verb agreement ⓘ
influencedBy Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences Qiang cultural identity ⓘ
ISO639-3Code cng (Northern Qiang) ⓘ
qxs (Southern Qiang) ⓘ
languageBranch Qiangic branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman (in some classifications) ⓘ
languageStatus threatened by language shift to Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
primaryLocation Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Sichuan ⓘ
spokenBy Qiang people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Qiangic language ⓘ
subjectOf descriptive grammars by Chinese and Western linguists ⓘ
phonological studies on tone and consonant contrasts ⓘ
usedFor folk songs ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters (for limited use) ⓘ
Latin script (experimental orthographies) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Qiang language ⓘ
Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Qiang language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Qiang language
Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Qiang language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Qiang language