Gejia language explained

Gejia
Also Known As:Ge, Chong'an River Miao
Nativename:Chinese: [[File:Gě-chinese.svg|15px]]家语, Chinese: 重安江苗语
States:China
Region:Guizhou
Ethnicity:Gejia
Speakers:60,000
Date:1995
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Hmong-Mien
Fam2:Hmongic
Fam3:West Hmongic
Fam4:? Chuanqiandian cluster
Dia2:Dongjia
Dia1:Gejia
Iso3:hmj
Glotto:geee1239
Glottorefname:Ge

The Ge or Gejia language, also known as Chong'anjiang Miao, is a West Hmongic language of Huangping County, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled Mhong, though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced pronounced as /[m̥ōŋ]/, as in the Hmong language. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves .

Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the Hmu language (Qiandong Miao 黔东苗语) area. Dongjia, spoken nearby in Majiang County, is closely related to Gejia.[1]

Distribution

Sun (2017)[2] lists the following locations for Chong'anjiang Miao, and gives a speaker population estimate of 40,000.

Fengtang 枫塘, Chongxin 重新, Chongren 崇仁, etc.

Longchang 龙场, Ganba 甘坝, Longshan 龙山, Longchang 隆昌, Bibo 碧波, etc.

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Notes and References

  1. Chen . Xueyu 陈雪玉 . Lùn Dōngjiahuà zài Miáoyǔ Chuān Qián Diān fāngyán zhōng dì dìwèi . 2011 . MA . Zhongyang minzu daxue . zh . zh:论东家话在苗语川黔滇方言中的地位.
  2. Book: 9787105142385 . Sun. Hongkai 孙宏开. Ting. Pang-hsin 丁邦新. Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社. 2017. Hanzangyu yuyin he cihui 汉藏语语音和词汇. Beijing. 40.