Baima language

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The Baima language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Baima people in parts of Sichuan and Gansu provinces in China, noted for its unique features that distinguish it from neighboring Tibetan and Qiang languages.

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instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
endangered language
language
associatedEthnicity Baima people NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus definitely endangered
hasAlternativeName Baima
Baima Tibetan NERFINISHED
Baima hua NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasDistinctiveFeature influenced by Qiangic languages
influenced by Tibetan
lexicon distinct from neighboring Tibetan varieties
morphology distinct from neighboring Tibetan varieties
phonology distinct from neighboring Tibetan varieties
shows both Tibetic and Qiangic traits
hasGlottocode baim1242
hasISO6393Code bqh
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Tibetan NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone system compared to neighboring Tibetan dialects
hasResearchFocus classification within Sino-Tibetan
contact-induced change
relationship to Qiangic languages
relationship to Tibetic languages
hasSociolinguisticSituation younger speakers shifting to Mandarin
hasSpeakerPopulationEstimate several thousand speakers
hasTone yes
hasUncertainClassificationWithin Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Qiang languages NERFINISHED
Standard Tibetan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
region northern Sichuan
southern Gansu
spokenBy Baima people NERFINISHED
spokenIn China NERFINISHED
Gansu Province NERFINISHED
Sichuan Province NERFINISHED
spokenInCounty Jiuzhaigou County NERFINISHED
Nanping area NERFINISHED
Pingwu County NERFINISHED
Songpan County NERFINISHED
Wen County NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Tibetan
usedInDomain folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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Qiangic languages hasSubgroup Baima language