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Laze language
Naish language of Sichuan, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 is spoken by less than 300 fluent speakers in Xiangjiao Township 项脚乡 within Muli County (Michaud & Jacques 2012).[1]
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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
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