Cai–Long languages

The Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) or Ta–Li languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in western Guizhou, China. Only Caijia is still spoken, while Longjia and Luren are extinct.[1] The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).[2]

Cai–Long
Ta–Li
(tentative)
Geographic
distribution		western Guizhou, China
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be Sinitic or Tibeto-Burman.[1]

Languages

The Cai–Long languages are:[1]

Lexical innovations

Hölzl (2021) proposes the name Ta–Li as a portmanteau of the two lexical innovations ‘two’ and ‘pig’, respectively.

Language‘two’‘pig’
Caijia (Hezhang)ta55li21
Luren (Qianxi)ta31li31
Longjia (Pojiao/Huaxi)ta31lɛ55

See also

References
  1. Hölzl, Andreas. 2021. Longjia (China) - Language Contexts. Language Documentation and Description 20, 13-34.
  2. GMSWSB 1982 = Guizhousheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui shibie bangongshi 贵州省民族事务委员会识别办公室. Guizhou minzu shibie ziliaoji 贵州民族识别资料集, vol. 8, longjia, caijia 龙家，蔡家. Guiyang. (Unpublished manuscript.)
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