Bokar or Bokar-Ramo (; ) is a
Tani language spoken by the
Lhoba in
West Siang district
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History
In 1989, territory was given from West Siang to the East Siang district. Since 1999, this territory has been in the new ...
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Arunachal Pradesh
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India
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(Megu 1990) and Nanyi Township 南伊珞巴民族乡,
Mainling County
Mainling County (; ) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi in eastern Tibet Autonomous Region.
Geography
Mainling County is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of th ...
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Tibet Autonomous Region
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China (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 k̚in 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
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...
in India and the
Tibetan script
The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (''abugida'') of Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Ladakhi, Jirel and Balti. It has also been used for some non-Tibetic langua ...
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
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