Laze language

Laze, rendered in Chinese as Lare (拉热)[2] and Shuitianhua (水田话), is a language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli County, western Sichuan, China.

Laze
Muli Shuitian
Pronunciationlɑ33 ze33
Native toChina
RegionSichuan
Native speakers
300 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologlaze1238

Laze is spoken by less than 300 fluent speakers in Xiangjiao township 项脚乡, Muli prefecture, Sichuan, China (Michaud & Jacques 2012).[1]

Name

The name Laze (IPA: [lɑ33 ze33]) is likely to be a place name.[2]

Further reading

Publications are available on:

  • an outline of Laze phonology, lexicon and grammar [3]
  • Laze phonemes: vowels, consonants, syllable structure [4]
  • the historical phonology of Laze, Na and Naxi [5]
  • the Laze tone system [6]

Recordings in Laze are available from the Pangloss Collection (an online archive of languages).[7]

References
  1. Michaud, Alexis, and Guillaume Jacques. 2012. "The Phonology of Laze: Phonemic Analysis, Syllabic Inventory, and a Short Word List." Yuyanxue Luncong 语言学论丛 (45): 196–230.
  2. Guo Dalie, and He Zhiwu. 1994. Naxizu Shi (A History of the Naxi People). Chongqing: Sichuan Minzu Chubanshe.
  3. 黄布凡. 2009. “木里水田话概况.” 汉藏语学报 3: 30–55 （Huang Bufan. 2009. “A Survey of Muli Shuitian (Muli Shuitianhua Gaikuang).” Journal of Sino-Tibetan Linguistics (Hanzangyu Xuebao) 3: 30–55.）
  4. Michaud, Alexis, and Guillaume Jacques. 2012. “The Phonology of Laze: Phonemic Analysis, Syllabic Inventory, and a Short Word List.” Yuyanxue Luncong 语言学论丛 45: 196–230.
  5. Jacques, Guillaume, and Alexis Michaud. 2011. "Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze." Diachronica 28:468-498.
  6. Michaud, Alexis. 2009. [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00436463/en “The Prosodic System of Muli Shuitian (Laze) (Muli Shuitianhua Shengdiao Xitong Yanjiu 木里水田话声调系统研究).”] Minority Languages of China (Minzu Yuwen 民族语文) 6: 28–33.
  7. Laze recordings in the Pangloss Collection


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