%0 Journal Article
%T Wu Dialect and the Miao Language
%A Yuan-chao LIU
%J Cross-Cultural Communication
%D 2005
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/1733
%X The Miao language is extremely similar with the Wu dialect in Chinese language, for example: the existence of voiced aspiration among the voiced initial consonants, the advancement of the simple vowels, and the continuous modification of tones, etc. The author of this paper commences from the historical connections between the Miao nationality and the Wu dialect region to explain this kind of likeness. The author points out that in the Spring and Autumn Period there were still three tribes of Miao living there in addition to the Baiyue nationality. And the scopes of the living region of the Miao nationality include the south region of Jiangsu province today as well as part of Zhejiang province. Actually it is the area where the Wu dialect is still popular today. With the abolishment of Yue by Chu, the three tribes of Miao in the above-mentioned regions integrated with the Yue nationality and their language has become the bottom language of the Wu dialect. The reason why Wu dialect is quite different from the Yue dialect which is influenced by Zhuang and Dong languages lies in he fact that the Miao language is a very important component in addition to Baiyue language in the bottom language of Wu dialect. The Miao language influences the sound system most and that is why the sound system of Wu is very similar with that of the Miao language. Key words: Wu language, The Miao language ( or Miao and Yao language), Wuyue, Gumie, Three Miao tribes, the bottom language R¨¦sum¨¦: La langue de Miao ressemble beaucoup au dialecte de Wu qui est une branche du mandarin . Par exemple , les deux ont tous un syst¨¨me tr¨¨s d¨¦velopp¨¦ de monovoyelle dans les consonnes , et les deux poss¨¨dent ¨¦galement les r¨¨gles compliqu¨¦es de l¡¯intonation cons¨¦cutive , etc . Pour expliquer cette similitude , l¡¯auteur commence par l¡¯histoire pour chercher ¨¤ d¨¦couvrir la liaison historique entre la nationalit¨¦ de Miao et la r¨¦gion o¨´ le dialect de Wu est pratiqu¨¦ aujourd¡¯hui . L¡¯auteur affirme que , dans cette r¨¦gion appel¨¦e WuYue ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦poque du Printemps et de l¡¯automne , l¡¯on constate non seulement les activit¨¦s de la nationalit¨¦ BaiYue , mais aussi celle du peuplade Sanmiao . Et le champs d¡¯activit¨¦s des Sanmiao comprend le nord de la province du Jiangsu , la province du Zhejiang d¡¯aujourd¡¯hui , soit la r¨¦gion o¨´ le dialecte de Wu est pratiqu¨¦ maintenant . Avec l¡¯extinction du pays Chu , la tribu de Sanmiao dans cette r¨¦gion int¨¨gre avec la nationalit¨¦ de Yue , et ainsi fome ¨Ct-il le langage populaire du dialecte Wu d¡¯aujourd¡¯hui . Si le dialecte de Wu est diff¨¦rent du dialecte du Guangdong
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