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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.

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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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