Lizu language explained

Lizu
States:	China
Speakers:	7,000
Date:	2008
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Qiangic
Fam3:	Ersuic
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	lizu1234
Glottorefname:	Lizu

Lizu (; Western Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in Western Sichuan, China. There are 4,000 speakers according to Sun (1982) and 7,000 speakers according to Chirkova (2008). Muli, where Lizu is spoken, is a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual county and Lizu has been historically influenced by Mandarin Chinese.^[2]

Varieties

Yu (2009: 2) lists the following varieties of Lizu:

• Mianning Lizu: spoken in Lagusa 拉姑萨 Village (Lizu name `wontʂʰɨ `lombɑ), He’ai (“Hoŋai”) 和爱 Township, Mianning County 冕宁, Liangshan 凉山 Prefecture. Documented by Yu (2012).
• Kala Lizu: spoken in Kala 卡拉 Township, Muli County 木里, Liangshan Prefecture. Documented by Chirkova (2008); Huáng and Rénzēng (1991); and Dài and Huáng (1992).
• Naiqu Lizu: spoken in Naiqu 乃渠 Village, Naiqu Township, Jiulong County 九龙, Garzê (Gānzī 甘孜) Prefecture. Documented by Ikeda (2009).

References

• Book: Zàng-Miǎn yǔzú yǔyán cíhuì . 1992 . Zhongyang minzu xueyuan chubanshe . Dai . Qingxia 戴庆厦 . Beijing . zh . zh:藏缅语族语言词汇 . A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon . Huang . Bufan 黄布凡.
• Book: Huang . Bufan 黄布凡 . Zàng-Miǎnyǔ shíwǔ zhǒng . Renzeng . Wangmu 仁增旺姆 . 1991 . Beijing yanshan chubanshe . Dai . Qingxia 戴庆厦 . Beijing . 132–152 . zh . zh:藏缅语十五种 . Fifteen Tibeto-Burman languages . Lǚsūyǔ . zh:吕苏语 . The Lusu Language . etal.
• Web site: Ikeda . Takumi . 2009 . 200 Basic Words of the Lyuzu Language (Naiqu Dialect) . en . Academia.edu.
• Ikeda . Takumi 池田巧 . 2010 . ja:西暦1853年に記録されたリュズ語の語彙 . A Study on the Lyuzu Vocabulary Recorded in 1853 . Toho Gakuho . ja . 85 . 672–653 . 10.14989/131769 . free . free . 2433/131769 . ja:東方學報.
• Ikeda . Takumi 池田巧 . 2019 . ja:大谷大學所藏本<<呂蘇譯語>>について . A Philological Report on Two Versions of the Lyuzu yiyu [Lyuzu-Chinese Vocabulary] . Toho Gakuho . ja . 94 . 436–424 . 10.14989/250687 . free . free . 2433/250687 . ja:東方學報.
• Web site: Chirkova . Ekaterina . 2008 . Essential Characteristics of Lizu, a Qiangic Language of Western Sichuan . 27 October 2015 . HAL . CRLAO . en . Workshop on Tibeto-Burman Languages of Sichuan November 21–24, 2008 Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
• Chirkova . Katia . Chen . Yiya . 2013 . Lizu . Journal of the International Phonetic Association . en . 43 . 1 . 75–86 . 10.1017/S0025100312000242 . free.
• Yu . Dominic . Proto-Ersuic . 2012 . Ph.D. . University of California, Berkeley .

External links

• ELAR archive of Lizu language documentation materials

Notes and References

1. Chirkova 2008
2. Web site: Lizu-chirkova-0317 | Endangered Languages Archive.