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Mondzish languages

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Proto-language:
  
Man

Glottolog:
  
mond1269

Subdivisions:
  
Kathu Nuclear Mondzish

Geographic distribution:
  
Chinese–Vietnamese border

Linguistic classification:
  
Sino-Tibetan Lolo–Burmese Mondzish

Mondzish (Mangish) is a small group of languages that constitute the most divergent branch of the Lolo–Burmese languages in the classification of Lama (2012), who identifies them as the descendents of the Man people (Nánmán).

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Mondzish languages are spoken in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and across the border in Hà Giang Province, Vietnam. According to Hsiu (2014), Kathu is related.

Classification

Hsiu (2014:73) classifies the Mondzish languages as follows.

  • Kathu (Thou)
  • Nuclear Mondzish (Nuclear Mangish)
  • Muangphe
  • Mango, Manga
  • Maang (a.k.a. Mo'ang, Meang)
  • Mondzi, Mantsi
  • Maza

    • Sound changes

    Lama (2012) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Loloish as Mondzish innovations.

  • *tsʰ- > s-
  • *ɣr- > ʐ-
  • *ɣʷ- > b-

    • References

    Mondzish languages Wikipedia
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