A Study of the Characteristics of Uyghur Loan Words in Xinjiang Kucha Chinese from the Perspective of Language Contact
According to the division standard of Xinjiang Chinese dialects by linguistics,Xinjiang Chinese dialect can be divided into three dialect areas including Northern Xinjiang variant of LanYin Mandarin,Southern Xinjiang variant of Zhong yuan Mandarin and Beijing Mandarin.Among which Kucha Chinese variant belongs to the Southern Xinjiang of Zhong yuan Mandarin.Kucha is the meeting place of the world's four major civilizations and three major language families.Due to its unique geographical location and multi-ethnic composition,Xinjiang Kucha Chinese variant is inevitably influenced by the local Uygur language.These effects are most evident in words.This paper classifies Uyghur loanwords in Kucha Chinese variant,and analyzes their phonetic,lexical and semantic changes.
language contactXinjiang Chinese dialectsKucha ChineseUyghurborrowing words