User:Ylhamo1/Language selection
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Amdo Tibetan
Morphological typology: SOV; many onset clusters
Basic information:
- How many speakers are there: 1,800,000 (2005 C. Lhungrub)
- Where do they live: Tibet
- What other languages might they know: Chinese, Thewo and Choni (Bradley 1997)
- Language status: 6a (Vigorous)
- Normative orthography: ?
- What is the orthography like: Tibetan script
- ISO codes: adx
We have a English-Chinese dictionary of the spoken Amdo language.
Gyalrong
Morphological typology: SOV; phonologically and lexically similar to Tibetan, grammatically more similar to Pumi and Qiang; complex consonant clusters; limited pitch contrast.
Basic information:
- How many speakers are there: 83,000 (1999 Sun Hong Kai)
- Where do they live: Sichuan province: Dangba, Songgang, Suomo, Zhuokeji (Situ dialect); Aba county, Kehe and Rongan townships; Maerkang county, Chabao district, Dazang, Longerjia, and Shaerzong townships (Chabao); Maerkang county, Sidaba district, Caodeng, Kangshan, and Ribu townships (Sidaba); Rangtang county, between Shili and Wuyi and townships along middle Duke river; Seda county, a small town; Duke and Seda rivers’ confluence.
- What other languages might they know: Mandarin Chinese, a few also use Central Tibetan and Northern Qiang
- Language status: 6a (Vigorous). Intellectuals worry about diminishing use.
- Normative orthography: ?
- What is the orthography like: Tibetan script
- ISO code: jya
We found a dictionary in Chinese and French. It's database is in English and Chinese, with some sample texts.
Kham Tibetan
Morphological typology: SOV; tonal, 4 tones
Basic information:
- How many speakers are there: 1,380,000 in Tibet and China (1994)
- Where do they live: Tibet
- What other languages might they know: Maybe Chinese
- Language status: 6a (Vigorous)
- Normative orthography: ?
- What is the orthography like: Tibetan script
- ISO code: khg
Hard to find text resources.
