Ersuic languages

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Ersuic languages are a small subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily by the Ersu people in Sichuan, China, noted for their distinctive phonology and unique pictographic script.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ersuic languages canonical 2
Ersuic subgroup 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
areGeneticallyRelatedTo Prinmi language ⓘ
Qiang language ⓘ
Rgyalrongic languages ⓘ
areInfluencedBy Chinese language ⓘ
Tibetan language ⓘ
areRecognizedAs minority languages of China ⓘ
areSubjectOf fieldwork by Sun Hongkai ⓘ
studies in Qiangic linguistics ⓘ
areUsedFor oral tradition ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
documentationStatus partially documented ⓘ
geographicDistribution Ganluo County ⓘ
Hanyuan County ⓘ
Mianning County ⓘ
Muli Tibetan Autonomous County ⓘ
Shimian County ⓘ
Yanyuan County ⓘ
southwestern Sichuan ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature classifier system ⓘ
complex consonant system ⓘ
complex syllable structure ⓘ
contrastive aspiration ⓘ
evidentiality marking ⓘ
prenasalized consonants ⓘ
rich tonal system ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
verb morphology with directional prefixes ⓘ
vowel length contrasts ⓘ
hasEstimatedSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
hasMember Ersu language ⓘ
Lizu language ⓘ
Tosu language ⓘ
hasScriptType pictographic script ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Ersu Shaba script ⓘ
haveAlternativeName Ersuic ⓘ
Ersuic branch ⓘ
Ersuic subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Ersuic languages
languageShiftTowards Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ
linguisticArea Sichuan-Yunnan linguistic area ⓘ
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ
spokenBy Ersu people ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province
subclassOf Qiangic languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Ersuic languages ⓘ
Ersuic peoples → languageBranch → Ersuic languages ⓘ
Ersu language → belongsTo → Ersuic subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Ersuic languages
Ersuic languages → haveAlternativeName → Ersuic subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Ersuic languages