Dongwang Tibetan is a
Tibetic language
The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries).Tournadre, Nicolas. 2014. "The Tibetic languages and their classification." In ''Trans-Himalayan linguistics, historical and descriptiv ...
of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
,
China, once considered a
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that ...
of
Khams. It is spoken in the eastern part of
Shangri-La County
Shangri-La (, Tibetan: Gyalthang) is a county-level city in Northwestern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China and is the location of the seat of the Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Sichuan to the northwest, north, and ...
, along the
Dongwang River Dongwang may refer to the following locations in China:
* Dongwang, Dingzhou (东旺镇), town in Hebei
* Dongwang, Ningjin County, Hebei (东汪镇), town
* Dongwang, Xingtai County (东汪镇), town in Hebei
* Dongwang, Xinle (东王镇), Hebe ...
, by about 6,000 people.
[N. Tournadre (2005) "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes." ''Lalies'', 2005, n°25, p. 7–5]
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References
Bibliography
*Ellen Bartee, 2007. ''A grammar of Dongwang Tibetan.''
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Bodic languages
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