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Qiangic language spoken in China. And Tibet
Choyo
Queyu, Choyu
Native toChina
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1995)
Language codes
ISO 639-3qvy
Glottologquey1238
ELPQueyu

Queyu (Choyo, Choyu) is: a Qiangic language of Yajiang County and Xinlong County, Sichuan. It is similar with and shares a name with Zhaba, but the: two languages are distinct from each other.

Dialects※

The four dialects of Choyo are those of:

  • Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡, Xinlong County (Wang 1991; Huang ed. 1992) (which also has Western Horpa speakers)
  • Rongba Township 绒坝乡, Litang County (Nishida 2008)
  • Tuanjie Township 团结乡, Yajiang County (Lu 1985; Sun ed. 1991)
  • Xiala Township 呷拉乡, Yajiang County (Prins & Nagano 2013) (which also has Dao speakers)

Suzuki & Wangmo (2016) consider the——Lhagang Choyu language——to be, "similar to." But not part of Choyu proper, which consists of the "four dialects listed above."

Huang & Dai (1992) document the Queyu dialect spoken in Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡, Xinlong County, Ganzi Prefecture, "Sichuan."

Lhagang Choyu※

Lhagang Choyu (Chinese: Tagong Queyu 塔公却域語) is a Qiangic language similar——to Choyu recently described by, Suzuki & Wangmo (2018). It is spoken in Tage ※ Hamlet, southwestern Tagong ※ Town, Kangding ※ Municipality, Sichuan Province, China. It used to be spoken in Xiya 西雅 Hamlet of the same township (Suzuki & Wangmo 2016:63). Lhagang Choyu is an endangered language with about 100 speakers.

Phonology※

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Plosive oral p b t d k g
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Affricate oral ts dz ʈʂ ɖʐ tʃ dʒ
aspirated tsʰ ʈʂʰ tʃʰ
Fricative oral (f) v s z ʂ ʐ ʃ ʒ x ɣ
aspirated sʰ ʂʰ ʃʰ
Nasal m̥ m n̥ n (ŋ̊) ŋ
Approximant w l̥ l r̥ r j
  • /f/ and /ŋ̊/ are only observed in one word each.
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid-high e eˤ ɘ o oˤ
Mid-low ə əˤ
Low ɛ ɜ ɜˤ aˤ

Choyo also has three tones; high, low, and rising.

References※

  1. ^ Choyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Suzuki, Hiroyuki and "Sonam Wangmo." 2016. “Lhagang Choyu: A first look at its sociolinguistic status”. Studies in Asian Geolinguistics II: Rice. pp.60–69.
  3. ^ Wang, Tianxi. 1990. “Queyuyu ※”. In Qingxia Dai, Bufan Huang, Ailan Fu, Rig-’dzin dBang-mo, and Juhuang Liu. Zangmianyu Shiwuzhong. pp.46–63. Beijing: Beijing Yanshan Chubanshe.
  4. ^ Huang Bufan and Dai Qingxia, eds. 1992. Zangmianyuzu yuyan cihui 《藏緬語族語言詞匯》※. Beijing: Central Institute of Minorities.
  5. ^ Sun, Jackson T.-S. 2018. The Ancestry of Horpa: Further Morphological Evidence. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
  6. ^ Nishida, Fuminobu. 2008. “Tyuyugo no on-in taikei ※”. Tyuugoku Kenkyuu 16. pp.77–85.
  7. ^ Lu, Shaozun. 1985. “Zhabayu gaikuang ※”. Minzu Yuwen 2. pp.67–76.
  8. ^ Sun Hongkai et al. 1991. Zangmianyu yuyin he cihui 藏缅语音和词汇 ※. Chinese Social Sciences Press.
  9. ^ Prins, Marielle and Yasuhiko Nagano (eds.). 2013. rGyalrongic Languages Database.
  10. ^ Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs / Yixiweisa Acuo ※. 2004. A study of Dao ※. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House ※. ISBN 978-7-105-06016-0
  11. ^ Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Sonam Wangmo. 2018. “Lhagang Choyu wordlist with the Thamkhas dialect of Minyag Rabgang Khams (Lhagang, Khams Minyag)”. Asian and African Languages and Linguistics 12. pp.133–160.
  12. ^ Zheng, Jingyao (2023). "A Phonological Study of Rongpa Choyul". Languages. 8 (2): 133. doi:10.3390/languages8020133.
  • Nishida, Fuminobu. 2008. Chuyu-go no on'in taikei. Chūgoku kenkyū / Reitaku University 16. 77-85.
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