Wutunhua
A language of China
| Population | 2,000 (1995). |
| Region | East Qinghai Province, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Tongren County, Longwu Township, Upper, Lower Wutun and Jiangchama villages. |
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China |
| Alternate names | Wutong, Wutun |
| Classification | Mixed language, Chinese-Tibetan-Bonan Mongour Mongolian |
| Comments | Classified as Tu and Han nationalities. Reportedly a variety of Chinese heavily influenced by Tibetan or perhaps a Tibetan language undergoing relexification with Chinese forms. Also described as Chinese which converged to an agglutinative language, using only Chinese material, towards Tibetan-Mongolian. Neighboring Tibetans refer to the Wutun people as ‘Sanggaixiong’, meaning ‘center of the lion’. Known for their paintings of Buddha. SOV; adjectives follow nouns; adverbials precede predicate; case and number marked on nouns; prenasalized consonants; 11 different syllable-final consonants; tone and stress have low functional load; most words polysyllabic; 60% Chinese, 20% Tibetan vocabulary with the rest having mixed Chinese and Tibetan elements. Agriculturalists. Buddhist (Lamaist). |
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