Kangjia language


The Kangjia language is a recently discovered Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province of China. As to its taxonomic affiliation, Kangjia seems to be an intermediate between Bonan language and Dongxiang language.

Phonology

Kangjia has 9 vowels.
FrontCentralBack
Closeʉu
Near-closeɪ̈
Close-mideo
Midə
Open-midɔ
Opena