Mondzish languages

Mondzish
Geographic
distribution:
ChineseVietnamese border
Linguistic classification:

Sino-Tibetan

Proto-language: Man
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: mond1269[1]

Mondzish (Mangish) is a small group of languages that constitute the most divergent branch of the Lolo–Burmese languages in the classification of Lama (2012), who identifies them as the descendents of the Man people (Nánmán).

Mondzish languages are spoken in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and across the border in Hà Giang Province, Vietnam. According to Hsiu (2014), Kathu is related.

Classification

Hsiu (2014:73) classifies the Mondzish languages as follows.

Sound changes

Lama (2012) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Loloish as Mondzish innovations.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mondzish". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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