Qau | |
---|---|
Native to | China |
Region | Anshun City and Pingba County, Guizhou |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2011) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gqu |
Glottolog |
qaua1234 |
ELP | Gao Gelao |
Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao ( Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China. [2] [3]
The dialects of Qau that are still spoken are: [4]
Labial | Alveolar | (
Alveolo-) palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | lat. | plain | lat. | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ̟ | ŋ | |||||
Stop | voiceless | p | pˡ | t | k | kˡ | q | ( ʔ) | |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | |||||
prenasal | ᵐp | ᵐpˡ | ⁿt | ᵑk | ᵑkˡ | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | ts | tɕ | ||||||
aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | |||||||
prenasal | ⁿts | ᶮtɕ | |||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɕ | x | h | |||
voiced | v | vˡ | z | ʑ | |||||
Approximant | l | ( w) |
Front | Central | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ( ɯ) | u | |
Mid | e | ə ə˞ | o | |
Open | a | ɒ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | iu, ie, iɒ, io | ue, ua, uɒ | |
Mid | ei | əu, əɯ | |
Open | ai, au | ||
Triphthong | iau | uei, uai |
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | in | un | uŋ | ||
Mid | en | ||||
Open | an | aŋ | |||
Triphthong | ian | uan | uaŋ |
The following are pronouns from Pingba Gelao. [2]
Gloss | Pingba Gelao |
---|---|
I | (su33) i42 |
you | (su33) mu21 |
he, she, it | (su33) u42 |
we | (su33) ta33 |
you all | (su33) sa33 |
they | pə42 nu42 |
my household | qa33/a33 qei42 |
your household | qa33/a33 mu21 |
his/her household | qa33/a55 qu42 |
Pingba Gelao numerals are given below.
Qau | |
---|---|
Native to | China |
Region | Anshun City and Pingba County, Guizhou |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2011) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gqu |
Glottolog |
qaua1234 |
ELP | Gao Gelao |
Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao ( Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China. [2] [3]
The dialects of Qau that are still spoken are: [4]
Labial | Alveolar | (
Alveolo-) palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | lat. | plain | lat. | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ̟ | ŋ | |||||
Stop | voiceless | p | pˡ | t | k | kˡ | q | ( ʔ) | |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | |||||
prenasal | ᵐp | ᵐpˡ | ⁿt | ᵑk | ᵑkˡ | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | ts | tɕ | ||||||
aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | |||||||
prenasal | ⁿts | ᶮtɕ | |||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɕ | x | h | |||
voiced | v | vˡ | z | ʑ | |||||
Approximant | l | ( w) |
Front | Central | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ( ɯ) | u | |
Mid | e | ə ə˞ | o | |
Open | a | ɒ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | iu, ie, iɒ, io | ue, ua, uɒ | |
Mid | ei | əu, əɯ | |
Open | ai, au | ||
Triphthong | iau | uei, uai |
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | in | un | uŋ | ||
Mid | en | ||||
Open | an | aŋ | |||
Triphthong | ian | uan | uaŋ |
The following are pronouns from Pingba Gelao. [2]
Gloss | Pingba Gelao |
---|---|
I | (su33) i42 |
you | (su33) mu21 |
he, she, it | (su33) u42 |
we | (su33) ta33 |
you all | (su33) sa33 |
they | pə42 nu42 |
my household | qa33/a33 qei42 |
your household | qa33/a33 mu21 |
his/her household | qa33/a55 qu42 |
Pingba Gelao numerals are given below.