Kua-nsi (kʰua33 n̩21 sɨ55; Chinese: 跨恩斯话; Hedong Yi 河东彝) is a recently discovered Loloish language of Heqing County, Yunnan, China.

Kua-nsi
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
5,000 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ykn
Glottologkuan1249

Gomotage (ɣɔ21 mɔ33 ta55 ɣə21), an undocumented and little-known Loloish language of Eryuan County, is also probably related to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7).[2]

Distribution

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The Kua-nsi live in the following villages of Liuhe Township 六合乡, northern Heqing County (Castro, et al. 2010:23).[3]

  • Hedong 河东[4]
  • Sangezhuang 三戈庄[5]
  • Shang'eping 上萼坪[6]
  • Wuxing 五星[7]
  • Nanpo 南坡[8]
  • Maidi 麦地[9]
  • Longda 龙大

References

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  1. ^ Kua-nsi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation. http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015 Archived 2021-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Andy Castro, Brian Crook, Royce Flaming. 2010. A sociolinguistic survey of Kua-nsi and related Yi varieties in Heqing county, Yunnan province, China. SIL International.
  4. ^ "鹤庆县六合彝族乡河东村委会". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  5. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132391 [dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132376 [dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132350 [dead link]
  8. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132363 [dead link]
  9. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=132343 [dead link]