Sonaga language

Loloish language of Yunnan, China
Sonaga
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
2,000 (2009)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ysg
Glottologsona1244

Sonaga (so21 na33 ka̠33; Chinese: 锁内嘎话; Xinfeng Yi 新峰彝) is a recently discovered Loloish language of Heqing County, Yunnan, China. Sonaga is spoken in Dongdeng 东登[2] of Xinfeng Village 新峰村 (as well as Anle Village 安乐村[3]), Caohai Township 草海乡, Heqing County (Castro, et al. 2010).[4]

References

  1. ^ Sonaga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=18461 [dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=18458 [dead link]
  4. ^ 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.
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