Kangjia 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]}

Kangjia
Native to	China
Region	Qinghai
Ethnicity	2,000 (2007)[1]
Native speakers	1,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Mongolic Southern Mongolic Shirongol Baoanic Kangjia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxs
Glottolog	kang1281
ELP	Kangjia
Kangjia is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Kangjia has nine vowels.^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close		ʉ	u
Near-close		ɪ̈
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid			ɔ
Open	a

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t͡s	t͡ʃ		k	q
	voiced	b	d͡z	d͡ʒ		g	ɢ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ			χ	h
	voiced	v	z			ɣ	ʁ
Approximant			l		j
Trill			r