Kangjia language

Southern Mongolic language

The Kangjia language (Chinese: 康家语; pinyin: Kāngjiāyǔ) is a Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca (Jianzha) County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province of China. As to its taxonomic affiliation, Kangjia seems to be an intermediate between Bonan language and Santa language (Dongxiang).^{[citation needed]}

Phonology

Kangjia has nine vowels.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Kangjia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hans, Nugteren (2011). Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Universiteit Leiden. ISBN 978-94-6093-070-6.

Sources

• Kim, Stephen S. (2003). "Santa". In Janhunen, Juha (ed.). The Mongolic Languages. London: Routledge. pp. 347–348. ISBN 0-203-98791-8.
• Sechenchogtu 斯钦朝克图 (1999). Kāngjiāyǔ Yánjiū 康家语硏究 [A Study of the Kangjia Language] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai yuandong chubanshe. ISBN 7-80613-534-0.

External links

• The Website of China's Minority Language Studies (中国民族语言研究网) (in Chinese)