Chamdo languages

 ( Sino-tibetan Languages ) 

The Chamdo languages are a group of recently discovered, closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet.Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Tashi Nyima. 2018. Historical relationship among three non-Tibetic languages in Chamdo, TAR. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.Zhao, Haoliang. 2018. A brief introduction to Zlarong, a newly recognized language in Mdzo sgang, TAR. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.Jacques, Guillaumes. 2016. Les journées d'études sur les langues du Sichuan. Their position within the Sino-Tibetan language family is currently uncertain.

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Languages The Chamdo languages are:

• Lamo language, gSerkhu language
• Larong language
• Drag-yab

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

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Lexical comparison

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

ˉdə

ˉna

ˉsɔ̰̃

ˉlə̰

ˉɴwə̰˞

ˊtɕi

ˉn̥i

ˉɦdʑə

ˉŋgo

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Suzuki & Nyima (2018)

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

The lexical data below is based on the following dialects.

• Kyilwa 格瓦 dialect of Lamo
• Tangre Chaya 达日 (Markam County) and Phagpa 坝巴 (Zogang County) dialects of Larong language
• Razi 热孜 dialect of Drag-yab

Cognates

tsʰə˥

qə˧˥

ndza˧˥

ndzə˥

tɕẽ˧˥

sɛ˥

ʁɑ˧˥

ŋu˧˥

ɦli˥

re˧˥

tsʰə˥

tɕʰu˥

ɲ̥tɕʰə˧˥

ɲa˥

ɲ̥e˥

nde˧˥

we˧˥

ʁo̰˧˥

ɲə˥

n̥a˥ rə˧

mda˧˥

xɯ˧˥

χl̥ɔ̰˧

ɦla̰˧ jḭ˧

Non-cognates

ɕi˧˥

pʰə˥ ndɯ˧

ɲ̥tɕʰĩ˥ mbi˧ (< Khams Tibetan)

ʁə˥

nə˧˥ mḛ˧

ɲa˧˥

tɕʰõ˥

ɲə˧˥ ŋo˧

ɣə˧˥ ɦmu˧ se˧

mo˧˥

ɲi˧˥ me˧ (< Khams Tibetan)

ndja̰˥

mo̰˧˥

bi˧˥

tʰa˧˥ ŋɛ̃˧

ɦŋɯʔ˥ ɲi˧

zə˧˥

m̥ə˧˥

ra˧˥

ɣe˧˥

ndzɑ˧˥

n̥tʰɛ̃˥

rḛ˧˥

ɦɣe˧˥ (< Khams Tibetan)

ɕa˥

ɦa̰˧˥ ʁõ˧

nɑ˧˥

nɛ˧˥ ŋa˧

mo˧˥

qe˧˥

ɦdʑa˧˥ ɦɡə˧ rə˧

xɔ̰˧˥

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Changdu Gazetteer (2005)

The Changdu Gazetteer (2005: 819)Xizang Changdu Diqu Difangzhi Bianzuan Weiyuanhui 西藏昌都地区地方志编纂委员会 (2005). Changdu Diquzhi 昌都地区志. Beijing: Fangzhi Chubanshe 方志出版社. provides the following comparative data in Tibetan script. The table below uses Wylie romanization. English translations for the Chinese glosses are also provided.

ཅིམ (cim)

དགེས (dges)

འདིས ('dis)

རེའུ་ན་ཚེམ (re'u na tshem)

དེའུ (de'u)

གཟིན་ཐོ་འམ (gzin tho 'am)

ལྭའུ (lwa'u)

དངུད་ལུ (dngud lu)

གུའུའུ (gu'u'u)

ཚྭའུ (tshwa'u)

དུའུ་རམས (du'u rams)

གཞོག (gzhog)

ཆ་ཆོག (cha chog)

ཆོའུ་རིམ་རིམ (cho'u rim rim)

ཙེ་དུ་ཁྱི (tse du khyi)

འདེ་རུ་ཧེན ('de ru hen)

ཡ་རོག (ya rog)

ཕུའུ་རོག (phu'u rog)

ཏི་སྒྲ་དགེ (ti sgra dge)

Categories: Sino-tibetan Languages, Languages Of China, Languages Of Tibet

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