Tusanggan language

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Tusanggan
大山嶽語
大山岳语
Tusănggàngṳ̌
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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.