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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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