Minyag, Western

A language of China

ISO 639: wmg
Alternate Names: Darmdo Minyag, Menya, Munya, Muya
Population: 11,500 (2020 A. Conrad).
Location:: Sichuan province: Ganzi (Garzê) Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Kangding and Shimian counties.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality: Tibetan.
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Northeastern Tibeto-Burman, Qiangic
Typology: SOV; adjectives and number-classifier constructions follow noun heads; case-marking; compounding; affixation; reduplication; 3 aspects (stative, perfective, imperfective); 40 consonants and 13 vowels; consonant initial pre-nasals; tense-lax vowel distinction; nasalized vowels; wide variety of vowel harmonies; tonal (tone is minimally productive in some varieties and unproductive in others); fossilized system of verbal orientation prefixes.
Language Use: Home, village. Some young people, all adults. Neutral attitudes. Some also use Khams Tibetan [khg] (Bai 2019).
Language Development: Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Minyag, Western
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Speakers feel themselves to be culturally aligned with the speakers of majority Tibetan varieties, such as Kham Tibetan [khg] found further North (2020 A. Conrad). Buddhist.

Location: Sichuan province: Ganzi (Garzê) Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Kangding and Shimian counties.