Queyu (Choyo, Choyu) is a poorly attested

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. It is similar with and shares a name with Zhaba, but the two languages are distinct from each other.

Dialects

The four dialects of Choyo are those of:Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Sonam Wangmo. 2016. “Lhagang Choyu: A first look at its sociolinguistic status”
''Studies in Asian Geolinguistics II: Rice''
pp.60–69. *Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡,

(Wang 1991; Huang ed. 1992) (which also has Western Horpa speakersSun, Jackson T.-S. 2018.
The Ancestry of Horpa: Further Morphological Evidence
'. Taipei: Academia Sinica.) *Rongba Township 绒坝乡,

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(Nishida 2008) *Tuanjie Township 团结乡,

(Lu 1985; Sun ed. 1991) *Xiala Township 呷拉乡,

(Prins & Nagano 2013) (which also has

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speakers) Suzuki & Wangmo (2016) consider the Lhagang Choyu language to be similar to but not part of Choyu proper, which consists of the four dialects listed above. Huang & Dai (1992)Huang Bufan and Dai Qingxia, eds. 1992
Zangmianyuzu yuyan cihui
《藏緬語族語言詞匯》 Tibeto-Burman Lexicon Beijing: Central Institute of Minorities. document the Queyu dialect spoken in Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡,

, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan.

Lhagang Choyu

Lhagang Choyu () is a Qiangic language similar to Choyu recently described by Suzuki & Wangmo (2018).Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Sonam Wangmo. 2018. �
Lhagang Choyu wordlist with the Thamkhas dialect of Minyag Rabgang Khams (Lhagang, Khams Minyag)
��. ''Asian and African Languages and Linguistics'' 12. pp.133–160. It is spoken in Tage habs-mkhasHamlet, southwestern Tagong Ha-sgangTown,

Kangding Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the histor ...

ar-mdoMunicipality,

Province, China. It used to be spoken in Xiya 西雅 Hamlet of the same township (Suzuki & Wangmo 2016:63). Lhagang Choyu is an endangered language with about 100 speakers.

References

*Nishida, Fuminobu. 2008. ''Chuyu-go no on'in taikei''. Chūgoku kenkyū /

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