jjhayek

Wutunhua

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟ͡ʝajɘˠ/

Proper noun

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
  • 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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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