Southern Va language

Southern Va
Southern Va
Pronunciation	[vaʔ˥˩]
Native to	China
Region	Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Yunnan
Native speakers	<1,000 (2014)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Angkuic Eastern Angkuic Southern Va; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Southern Va is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Yunnan, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language, belongs to the Palaungic branch by Hsiu (2017). No ISO code has been designated for Va.

The relationship between two Va varieties is unclear, as Northern Va informant stated that they cannot understand Southern Va very well, but the Southern Va informant can understand Northern Va perfectly. Southern Va is more conservative compared to Northern Va in sesquisyllabic word structure.

Sociolinguistics

is spoken in the following villages of Zhenglong Village 正龙村, Jingxing Township 景星乡, Mojiang County, Yunnan.

Pingtian 平田
Banglao 蚌老 (culture and language best preserved)
Miena 乜那
Binggu 丙故
Yin’gou 阴沟
Yakou 丫口 (culture and language least preserved)

Southern Va has not been mentioned in any Chinese publications. It is spoken by perhaps under 1,000 people. Unlike Northern Va, Southern Va have no youth speakers. Currently its speakers are almost adults above age 40 and elderly.

References

1 2 3 4 Hsiu 2017a, p. 3.
↑ Hsiu 2017a, p. 1.
↑ "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Tuántián Xiāng Chàhé Cūn Píngtián" 墨江哈尼族自治县团田乡岔河村平田 [Pingtian, Chahe Village, Tuantian Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
↑ "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Bànglǎo Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会蚌老自然村 [Benglao Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
↑ "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Miēnà Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会乜那自然村 [Miena Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
↑ "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Bǐnggù Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会丙故自然村 [Binggu Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
↑ "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Tàihé Cūnwěihuì Yākǒu Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡太和村委会丫口自然村 [Yakou Natural Village, Taihe Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

Hsiu, Andrew (2015). "A preliminary phonological sketch of Va, an Angkuic language". doi:10.5281/zenodo.1249184.
Hsiu, Andrew (2017a). "The Angkuic languages: a preliminary survey [Dataset]. Zenodo. 6th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 6), Siem Reap, Cambodia". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. University of Hawai'i Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1127808.
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External links

Hsiu, Andrew (2017b). "Va (Southern) Audio Word List". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1123287.
Angkuic lexical comparative study

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[FOOTNOTEHsiu2017a3-1] 1 2 3 4 Hsiu 2017a, p. 3.

[FOOTNOTEHsiu2017a1-2] Hsiu 2017a, p. 1.

[3] "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Tuántián Xiāng Chàhé Cūn Píngtián" 墨江哈尼族自治县团田乡岔河村平田 [Pingtian, Chahe Village, Tuantian Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

[4] "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Bànglǎo Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会蚌老自然村 [Benglao Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

[5] "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Miēnà Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会乜那自然村 [Miena Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

[6] "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Zhènglóng Cūnwěihuì Bǐnggù Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡正龙村委会丙故自然村 [Binggu Natural Village, Zhenglong Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

[7] "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Jǐngxīng Xiāng Tàihé Cūnwěihuì Yākǒu Zìráncūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县景星乡太和村委会丫口自然村 [Yakou Natural Village, Taihe Village Committee, Jingxing Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-30.