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Chamdo Languages
The Chamdo languages are a group of recently discovered, closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet.Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Tashi Nyima. 2018Historical relationship among three non-Tibetic languages in Chamdo, TAR ''Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018)''. Kyoto: Kyoto University.Jacques, Guillaumes. 2016Les journées d'études sur les langues du Sichuan Their position within the Sino-Tibetan language family is currently uncertain. Languages The Chamdo languages are: * Lamo, gSerkhu * Larong * Drag-yab Lexical comparison Nyima & Suzuki (2019) Lexical comparisons of numerals in four Chamdo languages from Nyima & Suzuki (2019): Suzuki & Nyima (2018) Suzuki & Nyima (2018: 4-6) provide the following lexical items for Lamo, Larong, and Drag-yab. The lexical data below is based on the following dialects. *Kyilwa 格瓦 dialect of Lamo *Tangre Chaya 达日 ( sMarkhams) and Phagpa 坝巴 ( mDzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamdo
Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.Buckley and Straus 1986, p. 215. Chamdo is divided into 11 county-level divisions: one district and ten counties. The main district is Karuo District. Other counties include Jonda County, Gonjo County, Riwoche County, Dengqen County, Zhag'yab County, Baxoi County, Zognang County, Maarkam County, Lhorong County, and Banbar County. History On 11 July 2014 Chamdo Prefecture was upgraded into a prefecture-level city. Languages Languages spoken in Chamdo include Khams Tibetan and the Chamdo languages of Lamo, Larong, and Drag-yab. Transportation Air Qamdo Bamda Airport, opened in 1994, is located from Chengguan Town in Karub District. The long commute (2.5 hours by mountain road) is the result of no f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
