Kangjia language

The Kangjia language (Chinese: 康家语; pinyin: Kāngjiāyǔ) is a Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca (Jianzha) 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 Santa language (Dongxiang).

Kangjia
Native toChina
RegionQinghai
Ethnicity2,000 (2007)
Native speakers
1,000 (2007)
Mongolic
  • Southern Mongolic
    • Shirongolic
      • Baoanic
        • Kangjia
Language codes
ISO 639-3kxs
Glottologkang1281
ELPKangjia
Kangjia is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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