Li Jinfang Explained

Li Jinfang
Birth Name:	Li Jinfang
Birth Date:	October 1963
Birth Place:	Tianlin County, Guangxi
Nationality:	Chinese
Occupation:	Linguist
Alma Mater:	Minzu University
Workplaces:	Minzu University
Main Interests:	Kra-Dai languages
Notable Works:	Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China (2006)
Module:	Child: yes S: 李锦芳 P: Lǐ Jǐnfāng

Li Jinfang (; born October 1963 in Tianlin County, Guangxi^[1]) is a Chinese linguist at Minzu University in Beijing, China. Li, an ethnic Zhuang, is a leading specialist in the Kra-Dai languages of southern China, especially the Kra (Geyang) branch. Li's doctoral dissertation focused on the Buyang language, and was published as Studies on the Buyang Language (Chinese: 布央语研究, Bùyāng Yǔ Yánjiū) in 1999.

Publications

Li's Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China (Chinese: 西南地区濒危语言调查研究, Xīnán Dìqū Bīnwēi Yǔyán Diàochá Yánjiū) describes the following languages.

• Buyang
• En
• Gelao of Judu, Yueliangwan, Bigong, Dagouchang
• Pubiao (Qabiao)
• Chadong
• Hu
• Bugan
• Lai (Bolyu)

References

• Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University.
• Li Jinfang. 1999. Studies on the Buyang Language [布央语研究]. Beijing: Central University for Nationalities Press.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120323155543/http://www.panjizhai.com/html/2010/0808/317852.php
• http://hi.baidu.com/%B6%AB%CE%F7%B6%AB%CE%F7/blog/item/87dc930e13f704ed37d1226d.html

Notes and References

1. Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University.