Khams Tibetan language
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See also: Kham language
| Khams | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in | China | |
| Total speakers | 1.5 million (1994) | |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Writing system | Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | khg | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Kham Ke (ཁམས་སྐད་ Wylie transliteration: khams skad) is the eastern-most Tibetan language, spoken in Eastern Tibet or Kham (E. Tibet Autonomous Region, S. Qinghai, W. Sichuan, Yunnan). It is used alongside Central Tibetan and Amdo Tibetan in broadcasting, but shares the Classical Tibetan orthography with them and is not accorded the status of a separate language. However, it is intelligible neither with Amdo nor with Central Tibetan. Like Central Tibetan, it is a tonal language.
Khams is not closely related to the Kham language spoken by the Kham Magars of western Nepal.
[edit] Dialects
There are three main dialect groups of Kham Tibetan, with low mutual intelligibility:
- Central Kham spoken in the Derge (W. Sichuan & T.A.R.) and Chamdo (T.A.R.) areas.
- Southern Kham spoken in the Dechen area (Yunnan & T.A.R.). Several varieties due to the mountainous terrain causing isolation, as well as contact with neighboring language communities for trade.
- Northeastern Kham spoken in Nangchen and Yushu (S. Qinghai) areas.
[edit] External links
- A grammar of the Tibetan Dege (Sde dge) dialect (Introduction) - Häsler, Katrin Louise. 1999.
- The Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province
- www.zangthal.co.uk Kham dialect notes
- A Bibliography of Tibetan Linguistics
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