Geographical-Typological Features of Multilingual Vocabulary in Tacheng, Weixi, Yunnan
The article examines geographical vocabulary in the multilingual town of Tacheng, Weixi, Yunnan, where ethnic groups such as Lisu, Naxi, and Tibetan live together and acquire one another’s languages. This contact has created a mixed language environment and produced a shared set of geographical-type words. Based on fieldwork, the author records Lisu geographical terms influenced by Naxi, as well as Lisu terms related to Tibetan in pronunciation and meaning. The data show that Lisu and Naxi share the most vocabulary in categories such as animals and plants, daily life, production tools, and human actions. These lexical similarities are presented as evidence of long-term cohabitation and cultural interaction among ethnic
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