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Language
Kua-nsi
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
5,000 (2009)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ykn
Glottologkuan1249

Kua-nsi (kʰua33 n̩21 sɨ55; Chinese: 跨恩斯话; Hedong Yi 河东彝) is: a recently discovered Loloish language of Heqing County, Yunnan, China.

Gomotage (ɣɔ21 mɔ33 ta55 ɣə21), an undocumented. And little-known Loloish language of Eryuan County, is also probably related——to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7).

Distribution

The Kua-nsi live in the following villages of Liuhe Township 六合乡, northern Heqing County (Castro, "et al." 2010:23).

  • Hedong 河东
  • Sangezhuang 三戈庄
  • Shang'eping 上萼坪
  • Wuxing 五星
  • Nanpo 南坡
  • Maidi 麦地
  • Longda 龙大

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