Qiangic languages
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Qiangic is a language family of northeastern Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in Tibet and some other western areas of China.
Family division
Qiangic consists of 12 languages:
- 1. Jiarong (a.k.a. rGyal-rong)
- A. Qiang
- :: 2. Northern Qiang
- :: 3. Southern Qiang
- 4. Ergong
- 5. Zaba
- 6. Guichong
- 7. Muya
- 8. Ersu (a.k.a. Tosu)
- 9. Choyo
- 10. Narmuyi
- 11. Shixing
- 12. Pumi (a.k.a. Primi)
- 13. Tangut (disputed)
See also
External links
- Ethnologue: [Qiangic]
- Ethnologue: [Tangut-Qiang]
- [Site on Qiangic languages (French and Chinese)]
Bibliography
- Bradley, David. (1997). Tibeto-Burman languages and classification. In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in South East Asian linguistics: Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (No. 14, pp. 1-71). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Sun, Hongkai. (1983). The nationality languages in the six valleys and their language branches. Yunnan Minzuxuebao, 3, 99-273. (Written in Chinese).
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