Bokar or Bokar-Ramo (; ) is a Tani language spoken by the Lhoba in West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Megu 1990) and Nanyi Township Ã¥ÂÂä¼ÂçÂÂå·´æ°ÂæÂÂ乡, Mainling County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (Ouyang 1985).
The Ramo dialect is spoken in Mechukha Subdivision and Monigong Circle (Badu 2004).
Phonology
Consonants
- The pronunciation of /ÃÂ/ may vary between [ÃÂ] and [s] among different dialects.
- Some speakers may also pronounce /tÃÂ/ as [ts] when preceding vowels other than /i/.
- /h/ can be realized as either voiced [æ] or [h], when preceding /i/.
- Stops /p t k/ are heard as unreleased [pÃÂ tÃÂ kÃÂ] in word-coda position.
- A retroflex affricate /tÃÂ/ can also occur only from Tibetan loanwords.
Vowels
- /ï/ can also be heard as more central [è].
- /o/ is heard as more open and nasalized before /Ã
Â/ as [ÃÂÃÂÃ
Â].
Writing system
Bokar is written in the Latin script in India and the Tibetan script in China.
Dipthongs are written as a digraph of there vowels, <y> is used to mark palatalization.
Glottal stops before vowels are unwritten in tibetan.
References
- Badu, Tapoli. 2004. Ramo language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Ouyang, Jueya. 1985. Luobazu Yuyan Jianzhi (Bengni-Boga'eryu) [Brief Description of the Luoba Nationality Language (The Bengni-Bokar Language)]. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe.