Folktales of China's Minhe Mangghuer
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Alternative Titles:
Zhongguo minhe tuzu minjiangushi
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Chen Zhaojun, compiler, and others
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2005
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Lincom Europa
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Languages of the World/Text Library 01
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In the east-central portion of Northwest China’s Qinghai Province dwell the majority of China’s Monguor (Tu 土) nationality, classified as one of China’s fifty-six official ethnic groups and numbering 190,000 (1990). The 37,900 Minhe Mangghuer, dwelling in Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) County, are the second largest Monguor group. The Minhe Mangghuer language has primarily Mongolic lexicon and morphosyntax, while at the same time it exhibits massive lexical and phonological influences from Chinese. This collection of more than twenty folktales is presented in the Mangghuer written system (based on a modified pinyin 拼音 system), with English translation and extensive notes, and provides valuable linguistic materials on this endangered Monguor dialect.
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Dedication -- Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- Names -- Literature -- Population -- Writing Systems and Language Materials -- Pinyinized Monguor Publications -- Alphabets -- Notes on the Interlinear Texts -- Format of the Texts -- Transcription Practices -- Theory of the Free Translations -- Software -- Glossing Conventions -- PART TWO: FOLKTALES -- Heroines and Heroes -- Shuangyang Princess As told by Xin Huaizhi -- Danyang Princess As told by Xin Huaizhi -- Sister Ali As told by Xin Huaizhi -- Wangmang As told by Wang Zhenlin -- Creatures and People -- The Woman and Human-bear As told by Lü Jinliang -- Elder Sister and the Monkey As told by Lü Jinliang -- Older Brother Horse As told by Lü Jinliang -- Monsters and Ghosts -- Monster Girl As told by Lü Jinliang -- Three Girls, a Monster and a Peddler As told by Chen Zhaojun and Zhu Meilian -- The Nine-headed Ghost As told by Lü Jinliang -- Human Relations -- A Hired Farmhand As told by Lü Jinliang -- Three Daughters As told by Lü Jinliang -- A Man and His Two Wives As told by Lü Jinliang -- Shalangguer’s Story As told by Lü Jinliang -- Showing Filial Obedience to Parents As told by Lü Jinliang -- 152 A Girl and Her Cow Mother As told by Lü Jinliang -- The Gold-bearers As told by Xin Huaizhi -- Two Brothers from Sangbura As told by Wang Yongwei -- Reading Scripture While Improperly Wearing a Lama’s Robe As told by Xin Huaizhi -- Good Man and Bad Man As told by Wang Yongwei -- The Stupid Boy As told by Lü Jinliang -- Rabbit Fables -- Rabbit’s Trick As told by Zhu Shanzhong -- The Rabbit Judge As told by Zhu Wenhui -- References
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China
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31344