Bouyei language

Spoken in

  • Tai - Kadai languages Kam - Tai languages Tai languages North Tai Bouyei

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Bouyei is the mother tongue of the China-based same - Bouyei people.

It is still spoken by about 78.6 % of the relatives. Bouyei belongs to the family of the Tai - Kadai languages ​​and is a tonal language.

The Bouyei distribute primarily to the Guizhou Province. Two smaller Bouyei groups in Qiannan Autonomous County speak own special languages ​​, both of which likewise belong to the Tai - Kadai languages, but as " Kam -Tai > Kam - Sui " are classified:

  • Mak (莫家 话) over 10,000 speakers;
  • Ai- Cham (戛 木 话also唉 查 么 语) less than 3,000 speakers.

All other Bouyei have fully assimilated to the Chinese.

Phonology and orthography

In the 1950s by linguists a Bouyei - written language based on the Latin alphabet and modeled on the official transcription for Chinese, Pinyin, created. The tones are expressed by additional consonant at the end of a syllable.

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