Dongwang Tibetan language
| Dongwang Tibetan | |
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| Tongwa Tibetan | |
| tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³/tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³ rũ¹¹ | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Eastern Shangri-La, Diqing, Yunnan |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Dongwang Tibetan is a Tibetic language of Yunnan, China, once considered a dialect of Khams. It is spoken in the eastern part of Shangri-La County, along the Dongwang River, by about 6,000 people.[1]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Ellen Bartee, 2007. A grammar of Dongwang Tibetan.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||