Muji language explained

Muji language should not be confused with Moji language.

Muji
Nativename:Bokha
States:China
Date:2007
Ref:e16
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Lolo-Burmese
Fam3:Loloish
Fam4:Southeastern
Fam5:Highland Phula
Fam6:Muji languages
Fam7:Core Muji
Lc1:ymc
Ld1:Southern Muji
Lc2:ymq
Ld2:Qila Muji
Lc3:ymx
Ld3:Northern Muji (Bokha)
Lc4:ybk
Ld4:Bokha (Black Muji)
Lc5:ypm
Ld5:Phuma (Black Muji)
Glotto:core1246
Glottorefname:Core Muji

Muji or Muzi is a Loloish language cluster spoken by the Phula people of China. It is one of several such languages to go by the name Muji. Muji varieties are Northern Muji, Qila Muji, Southern Muji, and Bokha–Phuma.

The representative Southern Muji dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Pujiazhai (普家寨), Adebo Township (阿德博乡), Jinping County.

Qila Muji is spoken in the following three villages:

Phonology

Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates pronounced as //kʰ/, pronounced as /k/, pronounced as /ɡʟ̝//.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Lǎoliú Cūnwěihuì Qílà Cūn . zh:金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇老刘村委会期腊村 . Qila Village; Laoliu Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927200851/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188162 . 2018-09-27 . 2016-10-17 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.