Wutunhua

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Etymology

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Tibetan རྒྱ (rgya, Chinese) + Mandarin (“language”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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jjhayek

  1. Chinese language
    Synonym: hahua
    xo wang san nian-de ggo jjhayek jjhang-la-lio ze-li .
    Xiao Wang has studied Chinese for three years.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

References

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  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN