Khams Tibetan language
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Khams Ke (ཁམས་སྐད་ Wylie transliteration: khams skad) refers to the Tibetan language dialects spoken in Eastern Tibet or Kham (E. Tibet Autonomous Region, S. Qinghai, W. Sichuan, Yunnan). It should not be confused with the Kham language spoken by the Kham Magars of Western Nepal.
The ISO/DIS 639-3 code for the Khams Tibetan language is: khg.
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Regional varieties
There are three main dialect groups of Khams Tibetan:
- Central Khams spoken in the Derge (W. Sichuan & T.A.R.) and Chamdo (T.A.R.) areas.
- Southern Khams spoken in the Dechen area (Yunnan & T.A.R.)
- Northeastern Khams spoken in Nangchen and Yushu (S. Qinghai) areas.
Central Khams
Southern Khams
Northeastern Khams
See also: Tibetan language, Tibeto-Burman languages, Languages of China
External links
- [SIL Ethnologue entry for Tibetan, Khams]
- [A grammar of the Tibetan Dege (Sde dge) dialect] (Introduction) - Häsler, Katrin Louise. 1999.
- [The Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province]
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