| Maza | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 50 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | maza1306 |
Maza (autonym:ma33zɑ53) is aLolo-Burmese language spoken by theYi people of China.
Maza is spoken by about 50 people in the village of Mengmei 孟梅 (Maza:qʰa33le55), Puyang Village 普阳村, Muyang Township 木央乡,Funing County, Yunnan. Maza has aQabiao substratum, since the area was originally inhabited by Qabiao speakers (Hsiu 2014:68-69). Maza displayscircumfixal negation, a syntactic feature that is usually typical ofKra languages.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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