Ersuic languages
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Ersuic languages are a small subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily by the Ersu people in Sichuan, China, noted for their distinctive phonology and unique pictographic script.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areGeneticallyRelatedTo |
Prinmi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qiang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rgyalrongic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areInfluencedBy |
Chinese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tibetan language ⓘ |
| areRecognizedAs | minority languages of China ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf |
fieldwork by Sun Hongkai
ⓘ
studies in Qiangic linguistics ⓘ |
| areUsedFor |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | partially documented ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Ganluo County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hanyuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ Mianning County NERFINISHED ⓘ Muli Tibetan Autonomous County NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimian County NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanyuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Sichuan ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
classifier system
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complex consonant system ⓘ complex syllable structure ⓘ contrastive aspiration ⓘ evidentiality marking ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ rich tonal system ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ verb morphology with directional prefixes ⓘ vowel length contrasts ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ersu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lizu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tosu language ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | pictographic script ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Ersu Shaba script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveAlternativeName |
Ersuic
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Ersuic branch ⓘ Ersuic subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards | Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Sichuan-Yunnan linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
SOV word order
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agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| partOf | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ersu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Qiangic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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