Bokar or Bokar-Ramo (; ) is a Tani language spoken by the

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(Megu 1990) and Nanyi Township 南伊珞巴民族乡,

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(Ouyang 1985). The Ramo dialect is spoken in Mechukha Subdivision and Monigong Circle (Badu 2004).

Phonology

Consonants

* The pronunciation of /ɕ/ may vary between �and among different dialects. * Some speakers may also pronounce /tɕ/ as swhen preceding vowels other than /i/. * /h/ can be realized as either voiced �or when preceding /i/. *Stops /p t k/ are heard as unreleased

̚ t̚ k̚ A stop consonant, stop with no audible release, also known as an unreleased stop or an applosive, is a stop consonant with no release burst: no audible indication of the end of its occlusion (hold). In the International Phonetic Alphabet, lack of ...

in word-coda position. * A retroflex affricate /tʂ/ can also occur only from Tibetan loanwords.

Vowels

* /ɯ/ can also be heard as more central � * /o/ is heard as more open and nasalized before /ŋ/ as �̃ŋ

Writing system

Bokar is written in the

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in India and the

Tibetan script The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (''abugida'') of Brahmic scripts, Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese language, Sikkimese, Ladakhi language, Ladakhi, Jire ...

in China.

References

*Badu, Tapoli. 2004. ''Ramo language guide''. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. *Ouyang, Jueya. 1985. ''Luobazu Yuyan Jianzhi (Bengni-Boga'eryu)'' rief Description of the Luoba Nationality Language (The Bengni-Bokar Language) Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe. Tani languages Languages of Assam Languages of China Languages of Tibet {{st-lang-stub