10 Facts About Caijia language

Caijia is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou.

Bijie reports the Caijia language people are found in the seven counties of Bijie prefecture – Qixingguan, Dafang, Qianxi, Zhijin, Nayong, Weining, and Hezhang – comprising a total of over 3,100 households and over 18,000 individuals.

Bijie reports that smaller populations of Caijia language people are found in Anshun and Liupanshui prefectures, as well as Zhaoyang, Yiliang, and Zhenxiong counties in Zhaotong prefecture, Yunnan.

Caijia language speakers are distributed in the following locations in Bijie prefecture.

In Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, the Caijia language people are scattered in the village cluster of Sumu ???, and in Chuanjiu ??, Qinggang ??, Liangshui ??, Poji ??, Nantai ??, Wugu ??.

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The Caijia language dialect documented in Guizhou is that of Yangjiazhai ???, Liangyan Village ????, Xingfa District ???, Hezhang County.

Caijia language people are ethnoculturally related to the Lu people, who are classified as Manchu by the Chinese government.

In Weining County, Caijia language speakers are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Gelao, while in Hezhang County they are classified as Bai.

In Zhijin County, Guizhou, Caijia language people are called Silie ?? by the local Miao and Awuna ??? by the local Yi.

Ethnic subdivisions of the Caijia language people include the Black ?, White ?, Qingshangshui ???, Xiashui ??, Hanzhan ??, Zhuazhua ??, Datou ??, Qianqiaoba ???, Laohu ??, Luoluo ??, Xuejiao ??, and Jiandao ??.