Qabiao language

Qabiao
	Laqua
Region	Hà Giang, Vietnam; Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ethnicity	Qabiao
Native speakers	310 (2002)
Language family	Tai–Kadai Kra Yang–Biao Qabiao; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	laq

Qabiao, or sometimes Laqua (autonym: qa biau˧; Chinese: Pubiao 普标, Vietnamese: Pu Péo) is a Tai–Kadai language spoken by the Qabiao people in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, China. Alternative names for Qabiao include Kabeo, Ka Beo, Ka Bao, Ka Biao, Laqua, Pubiao (Pupeo or Pu Péo) and Pen Ti Lolo (Bendi Lolo). The meaning of the name "Qabiao" is unknown.

The Qabiao language is highly endangered. Also, most of its speakers lack access to nearby potable water.¹

Geographic distribution

In Vietnam, Qabiao is spoken in Đồng Văn District, Hà Giang Province in Phố Là and Sủng Chéng villages, and perhaps also in Yên Minh and Mèo Vạc Districts.¹

In China, Qabiao is spoken in Tiechang Township 铁厂镇 and Donggan Township 懂干镇 in Malipo County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan (Liang, et al. 2007). Many Qabiao people have shifted to Southwestern Mandarin, although it is still spoken in villages such as Pufeng 普峰.²

Phonology

The Qabiao language has the following tones: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2.¹

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Diller, Anthony, Jerold A. Edmondson, and Yongxian Luo ed. The Tai–Kadai Languages. Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press, 2008.
^ 麻栗坡县铁厂乡董渡村委会新民寨自然村

References

Liang Min, Zhang Junru & Li Yunbing (2007). Pubiao yu yanjiu. Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House.
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Qabiao". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth edition. ed.). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.

External links

ABVD: Qabiao word list

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[TK-1] Diller, Anthony, Jerold A. Edmondson, and Yongxian Luo ed. The Tai–Kadai Languages. Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press, 2008.

[2] 麻栗坡县铁厂乡董渡村委会新民寨自然村

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