Situ language

Situ (Chinese: 四土话; pinyin: Sìtǔ huà) is a Rgyalrong language spoken in Sichuan, China. The name "Situ", literally "four Tusi", comes from a historical name of the Ma'erkang region.[1]

Situ
Eastern rGyalrong
Native to	China
Region	Sichuan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Qiangic Rgyalrongic rGyalrong Situ
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in jya)
Glottolog	situ1238

Distribution

Gates (2012: 102-103)[2] lists the following locations where Zbu is spoken. It is spoken by over 35,000-40,000 people in 57 villages.

• southern half of Ma’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams County (53 villages)
  • Zhuókèjī, Mǎ’ěrkāng/'Bar-kams, and Sōnggǎng/rDzong-'gag Towns, including surrounding villages
  • Sūomò/Somang and Báiwān/Brag-bar Townships
  • Báiwān/Brag-bar and Dǎngbà/Dam-pa Townships
• Jīnchuān/Chu-chen County (4 villages)
  • Jímù/Kye-mo Township (although Nilong Village primarily has Lavrung speakers)
  • possibly also Kǎlājiǎo and Sāwǎjiǎo Townships
• northwestern Li County, Sichuan
• southernmost Hóngyuán County (recent migrants)

Dialects

Gates (2012: 103)[2] lists 7 dialects of Situ.

• Jiaomuzu Township 脚木足乡, western Barkam County
• Jimu Township 集木乡, Jinchuan County
• Dangba Township 党坝乡, southwestern Barkam County
• Bawang-Songgang Townships 巴旺乡-松岗镇, west-central Barkam County
• Ben Town 本镇, central Barkam County
• Zhuokeji Town 卓克基镇, central Barkam County
• Suomo Township 梭磨乡, eastern Barkam County

Grammar

Verbal agreement

Data adapted from Lin (1993).[3] Columns indicate the patient, and rows the agent. For example, the item tə-no-n in row "2sg" and column "3" means "you(singular) drive him/her/it/them.two/them".

	1sg	1du	1pl	2sg	2du	2pl	3
1sg				ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-ŋ
1du				ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-tʃ
1pl				ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-i
2sg	kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-n
2du	kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-ntʃ
2pl	kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-ɲ
3sg	wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-u
3du	wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-ntʃ
3pl	wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-ɲ

References

1. "Rgyalrong Culture" 嘉绒人文. Ma'erkang City Government website.
2. Gates, Jesse P. (2012). Situ in situ: towards a dialectology of Jiāróng (rGyalrong) (MA thesis). Trinity Western University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Lin Xiangrong 林向荣 1993. 《嘉戎语研究》[A study on the rGyalrong language] Chengdu: Sichuan Minzu chubanshe.

• Zhang, Shuya (2016). La phonologie et la morphologie du dialecte de Brag-dbar du rgyalrong situ [The phonology and morphology of the Bragdbar dialect of Situ Rgyalrong] (MA thesis) (in French). INALCO.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Prins, Maria Clazina (2011). A web of relations: a grammar of rGyalrong Jiăomùzú (Kyom-kyo) dialects (PhD thesis). Leiden University. hdl:1887/18157.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Prins, Marielle (2016). A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects: A Web of Relations. Leiden & Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9789004325630.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: date and year (link)