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Chamdo languages

The Chamdo languages are a group of recently discovered, closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet. Their position within the Sino-Tibetan language family is currently uncertain.

Languages

The Chamdo languages are:

Classification

Jiang (2022) provides the following computational phylogenetic classification of the Chamdo languages.

Lexical comparison

Nyima & Suzuki (2019)

Lexical comparisons of numerals in four Chamdo languages from Nyima & Suzuki (2019):

Suzuki & Nyima (2018)

Suzuki & Nyima (2018: 4-6) provide the following lexical items for Lamo, Larong, and Drag-yab.

The lexical data below is based on the following dialects.

  • Kyilwa 格瓦 dialect of Lamo
  • Tangre Chaya 达日 (sMarkhams) and Phagpa 坝巴 (mDzogang) dialects of Larong
  • Razi 热孜 dialect of Drag-yab
Cognates
Non-cognates

Changdu Gazetteer (2005)

The Changdu Gazetteer (2005: 819) provides the following comparative data in Tibetan script. The table below uses Wylie romanization. English translations for the Chinese glosses are also provided.

References