Tujia, Northern
A language of China
| Population | 70,000 (Brassett and Brassett 2005). 100 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 8,028,133. |
| Region | Northwest Hunan, Yingjiang and Yanhe counties, Hubei, Guizhou, Wuling Mt. range. |
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Southern China, reference number 31 |
| Alternate names | Tuchia, Tudja |
| Dialects | Longshan, Baojing. Lexical similarity: 40% with Southern Tujia [tjs]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Tujia |
| Language use | Regularly used but increasingly the young prefer to speak Chinese and are encouraged by their parents. In most areas children acquire a passive knowledge only. All domains. 60% older than 50 years, 30% between 20 and 50, 10% under 25. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn] or Hmong Njua [hnj]. Written Chinese in use and used in schools. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 88%. Grammar. |
| Comments | Classified as Tujia nationality. SOV; tonal, 4 tones; no voiced stops or affricates. Agriculturalists; light industry. Traditional religion, Buddhist. |
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