Shixing language
| Shixing | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
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Native speakers
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1,800 (2000) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | shix1238 |
Shixing, or Xumi, is a poorly-attested Qiangic language of Sichuan and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Two thirds of its speakers are monolingual.
Shixing is also known as Xùmǐ 旭米; it is spoken by about 1800 people living by the Shuiluo River 水洛 in Shuiluo Township 水洛乡, Mili Tibetan Autonomous County.
Katia Chirkova reports two varieties.
Xumi features a very unusual phonemic contrast between voiceless /ʎ̥/ and voiced /ʎ/ alveolo-palatal lateral approximants.
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