Situ language

Situ (Chinese: 四土话; pinyin: Sìtǔ huà) is a Rgyalrong language spoken in Sichuan, China. The name "Situ", literally "four Tusi", comes from a historical name of the Ma'erkang region.[1]

Situ
Eastern rGyalrong
Native toChina
RegionSichuan
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in jya)
Glottologsitu1238

Distribution

Gates (2012: 102-103)[2] lists the following locations where Zbu is spoken. It is spoken by over 35,000-40,000 people in 57 villages.

  • southern half of Ma’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams County (53 villages)
    • Zhuókèjī, Mǎ’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams, and Sōnggǎng/rDzong-'gag Towns, including surrounding villages
    • Sūomò/Somang and Báiwān/Brag-bar Townships
    • Báiwān/Brag-bar and Dǎngbà/Dam-pa Townships
  • Jīnchuān/Chu-chen County (4 villages)
    • Jímù/Kye-mo Township (although Nilong Village primarily has Lavrung speakers)
    • possibly also Kǎlājiǎo and Sāwǎjiǎo Townships
  • northwestern Li County, Sichuan
  • southernmost Hóngyuán County (recent migrants)

Dialects

Gates (2012: 103)[2] lists 7 dialects of Situ.

  • Jiaomuzu Township 脚木足乡, western Barkam County
  • Jimu Township 集木乡, Jinchuan County
  • Dangba Township 党坝乡, southwestern Barkam County
  • Bawang-Songgang Townships 巴旺乡-松岗镇, west-central Barkam County
  • Ben Town 本镇, central Barkam County
  • Zhuokeji Town 卓克基镇, central Barkam County
  • Suomo Township 梭磨乡, eastern Barkam County

Grammar

Verbal agreement

Data adapted from Lin (1993).[3] Columns indicate the patient, and rows the agent. For example, the item tə-no-n in row "2sg" and column "3" means "you(singular) drive him/her/it/them.two/them".

1sg1du1pl2sg2du2pl3
1sg ta-nota-no-ntʃta-no-ɲno-ŋ
1du ta-nota-no-ntʃta-no-ɲno-tʃ
1pl ta-nota-no-ntʃta-no-ɲno-i
2sg kə-w-no-ŋkə-w-no-tʃkə-w-no-itə-no-n
2du kə-w-no-ŋkə-w-no-tʃkə-w-no-itə-no-ntʃ
2pl kə-w-no-ŋkə-w-no-tʃkə-w-no-itə-no-ɲ
3sg wə-no-ŋwə-no-tʃwə-no-itə-w-notə-w-no-ntʃtə-w-no-ɲno-u
3du wə-no-ŋwə-no-tʃwə-no-itə-w-notə-w-no-ntʃtə-w-no-ɲno-ntʃ
3pl wə-no-ŋwə-no-tʃwə-no-itə-w-notə-w-no-ntʃtə-w-no-ɲno-ɲ

References

  1. "Rgyalrong Culture" 嘉绒人文. Ma'erkang City Government website.
  2. Gates, Jesse P. (2012). Situ in situ: towards a dialectology of Jiāróng (rGyalrong) (MA thesis). Trinity Western University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Lin Xiangrong 林向荣 1993. 《嘉戎语研究》[A study on the rGyalrong language] Chengdu: Sichuan Minzu chubanshe.
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