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| states          = {{flag|Huajiang}}
| states          = {{flag|Huajiang}}
| region          = Eastern [[Serica]]
| region          = Eastern [[Serica]]
| ethnicity        = [[Tusangga]]
| ethnicity        = [[Tusanggan People]]
| speakers        = 1.2 million speakers
| speakers        = 1.2 million speakers
| date            = 2019
| date            = 2019
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| ancestor        = {{wpl|Proto-Sino-Tibetan|Proto-Chi-Bodish}}
| ancestor        = {{wpl|Proto-Sino-Tibetan|Proto-Chi-Bodish}}
| ancestor2        = {{wpl|Old Chinese|Old Qi}}
| ancestor2        = {{wpl|Old Chinese|Old Qi}}
| ancestor3        = {{wpl|Middle Chinese|Middle Qi}}
| listclass        = hlist
| listclass        = hlist
| dia1            = Chouzhou Dialect
| dia1            = Chouzhou Dialect
| dia2            = Northern Dialect
| dia2            = Northern Dialect
| script          = {{wpl|Traditional Chinese|Traditional}} {{wpl|Chinese characters|Qi script}} <small>(Informally)</small><br>{{wpl|Simplified Chinese Characters|Simplified}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}} <small>(Officially)</small>
| script          = {{wpl|Traditional Chinese|Traditional}} {{wpl|Chinese characters|Qi script}} <small>(Informally; Officiall in Chenzhou)</small><br>{{wpl|Simplified Chinese Characters|Simplified}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}} <small>(Officially in North Huajiang)</small>
| minority        = {{flag|Huajiang}} (as Dashanyue)
| minority        = {{flag|Huajiang}} (as Dashanyue)
| iso1            = ts
| iso1            = ts
| iso2            = tus
| iso2            = tus
}}
}}
The '''Tusanggan language''' ({{wpl|Traditional Chinese|Traditional}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}}: {{lang-zh|labels=no|大山嶽語}}; {{wpl|Simplified Chinese|Simplified}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}}: {{lang-zh|labels=no|大山岳语}}; [[Tusanggan Alphabetization]]: ''Tusănggàngṳ̌''; {{wpl|Pinyin|Aplhabetized}} {{wpl|Standard Chinese|Huajiangite}}: ''Dàshānyuèyǔ'') is a language that is primarily spoken by the [[Tusaanga]] in north [[Huajiang]]. It is the first language of mainly Tusangga people and is the second language of over eighty percent of the Tussanga population. Tusaangu is not {{wpl|mutually intelligible}} with other Qi languages. Tusangga language is derived from {{wpl|Middle Chinese|Middle Qi}}.\
The '''Tusanggan language''' ({{wpl|Traditional Chinese|Traditional}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}}: {{lang-zh|labels=no|大山嶽語}}; {{wpl|Simplified Chinese|Simplified}} {{wpl|Chinese Characters|Qi Script}}: {{lang-zh|labels=no|大山岳语}}; [[Tusanggan Alphabetization]]: ''Tusănggàngṳ̌''; {{wpl|Pinyin|Alphabetized}} {{wpl|Standard Chinese|Huajiangite}}: ''Dàshānyuèyǔ'') is a language that is primarily spoken by the [[Tusaanga]] in north [[Huajiang]]. It is the first language of mainly Tusangga people and is the second language of over eighty percent of the Tussanga population. Tusaangu is not {{wpl|mutually intelligible}} with other Qi languages and other Tusanggan Dialects. Tusangga language is derived from {{wpl|Old Chinese|Old Qi}}.  


Tussangan is seen as the defining language of the [[Tusanggu]], and is apart of their cultural identity across Northern Huajiang and abroad.
Tusanggan language is a {{wpl|tonal}} {{wpl|analytical language}}, and has retained many different characteristics that are found in {{wpl|Old Chinese|Old Qi}}. Tusanggan languages contains no {{wpl|inflection}}, however contains forms of {{wpl|morpohological derivation}} that is not shown in many written examples of Tusanggan.

Latest revision as of 18:53, 13 September 2019

Tusanggan
大山嶽語
大山岳语
Tusănggàngṳ̌
TradandSimpTusanggan.png
Tusănggàngṳ̌
written in Qi Script
Tusanggan uses Traditional Qi Script.
Native to Huajiang
RegionEastern Serica
EthnicityTusanggan People
Native speakers
1.2 million speakers (2019)
L2: 7.4 million
Chi-Bodish
  • Qi
    • Tusanggan
Early forms
Dialects
  • Chouzhou Dialect
  • Northern Dialect
Traditional Qi script (Informally; Officiall in Chenzhou)
Simplified Qi Script (Officially in North Huajiang)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
 Huajiang (as Dashanyue)
Language codes
ISO 639-1ts
ISO 639-2tus
ISO 639-3

The Tusanggan language (Traditional Qi Script: 大山嶽語; Simplified Qi Script: 大山岳语; Tusanggan Alphabetization: Tusănggàngṳ̌; Alphabetized Huajiangite: Dàshānyuèyǔ) is a language that is primarily spoken by the Tusaanga in north Huajiang. It is the first language of mainly Tusangga people and is the second language of over eighty percent of the Tussanga population. Tusaangu is not mutually intelligible with other Qi languages and other Tusanggan Dialects. Tusangga language is derived from Old Qi.

Tusanggan language is a tonal analytical language, and has retained many different characteristics that are found in Old Qi. Tusanggan languages contains no inflection, however contains forms of morpohological derivation that is not shown in many written examples of Tusanggan.