Tujia, Southern
A language of China
| Population | 1,500 (Brassett and Brassett 2005), decreasing. Monolingual speakers are mainly women, children, and older adults. Ethnic population: 8,028,133. |
| Region | Northwest Hunan Province, Luxi County. 3 villages. |
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Southern China, reference number 34 |
| Alternate names | Tuchia |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 40% with Northern Tujia [tji], but with phonological and grammatical differences. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Tujia |
| Language use | Home, village. Positive attitude. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn]. Chinese used in schools. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 88%. |
| Comments | Classified as Tujia nationality. SOV; voiced stops and affricates; tonal, 5 tones. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Buddhist. |
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