Names
Tujia autonyms include pi35 tsi55 kha21 (pi21 tsi21 kha21 in Ye 1995) and mi35 tɕi55 kha33/55 (Dai 2005). The Tujia people call their language "pi35 tsi55 sa21" (Ye 1995).
"Tujia" (土家) literally means 'native people', which is the appellation that the Han Chinese had given to them due to their aboriginal status in the Hunan-Hubei-Chongqing area. The Tujia, on the other hand, call the Han Chinese "Kejia" (客家), which means 'guest people', since the Han Chinese had arrived later than the Tujia (Dai 2005).
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