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Qiangic languages

Index Qiangic languages

Qiangic (Ch'iang, Kyang, Tsiang), formerly known as Dzorgaic, is a group of related languages within the Sino-Tibetan language family. [1]

58 relations: Academia Sinica, Alexis Michaud, Baima language, Burmo-Qiangic languages, China, Choyo language, Dadu River, David Bradley (linguist), Drainage basin, Ersu language, Ersuic languages, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Guillaume Jacques, Guiqiong language, Horpa language, Jialing River, Jinsha River, Khroskyabs language, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, List of prefectures in the People's Republic of China, Lizu language, Lolo-Burmese languages, Mao County, Marc Miyake, Min River (Sichuan), Mongols, Muya language, Naic languages, Naish languages, Nakhi people, Namuyi language, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Northern Qiang language, Proto-Tibeto-Burman language, Pumi language, Pumi people, Qiang language, Qiang people, RGyalrong languages, Rgyalrongic languages, Shixing language, Sichuan, Sino-Tibetan languages, Songpan County, Southern Qiang language, Southwest China, Tangut language, Tibet, Tibetan people, Tosu language, ..., University of California, Berkeley, Wenchuan County, Western Xia, Ya'an, Yalong River, Yangtze, Yunnan, Zhaba language. Expand index (8 more) »

Academia Sinica

Academia Sinica (Han characters: 中央研究院, literally "central research academy"; abbreviated AS), headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan.

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Alexis Michaud

Alexis Michaud is a French linguist specialising in the study of Southeast Asian languages, especially Naic languages and Vietnamese.

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Baima language

Baima (autonym: pe53) is a language spoken by 10,000 Baima people, of Tibetan nationality, in north central Sichuan Province, and Gansu Province, China.

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Burmo-Qiangic languages

The Burmo-Qiangic or Eastern Tibeto-Burman languages are a proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Southwest China and Myanmar.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Choyo language

Queyu (Choyo) is a poorly attested Qiangic language of Yajiang County and Xinlong County, Sichuan, as well as Tibet.

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Dadu River

The Dadu River, known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu, is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China.

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David Bradley (linguist)

David Bradley is a linguist who specializes in the Tibeto-Burman languages of South East Asia.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Ersu language

The Ersu language proper (Eastern Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in western Sichuan, China.

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Ersuic languages

The Ersuic languages (Ersu; also called Duoxu or Erhsu) are a Qiangic language cluster of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture also known as Ganzi (THL Kardzé Börik Rangkyongkhül) — is an autonomous prefecture of China occupying the western arm of Sichuan.

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Guillaume Jacques

Guillaume Jacques (b. 1979) is a French linguist of Breton descent who specializes in the study of Sino-Tibetan languages: Old Chinese, Tangut, Tibetan, Rgyalrongic and Kiranti languages.

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Guiqiong language

Guiqiong (autonym: guʨhiɐŋ; Guichong) is a poorly attested Qiangic language of Sichuan and Tibet.

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Horpa language

Horpa (Chinese: 道孚语 Daofu, 爾龔語 Ergong) is one of several closely related Rgyalrongic languages of China.

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Jialing River

The Jialing River, formerly known by numerous other names, is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin.

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Jinsha River

The Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江, p Jīnshājiāng, "Gold Dust River") is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.

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Khroskyabs language

Khroskyabs (previously known as Lavrung, native name in the Wobzi dialect: bósʁæi "Tibetan language", native name in the Guanyinqiao dialect: kərə́sji "Tibetan language") is a Rgyalrongic language of China.

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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Liangshan (Yi: ꆃꎭ Niep Sha, pronounced), officially the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China; its seat is Xichang.

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List of prefectures in the People's Republic of China

All provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues.

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Lizu language

Lizu (Western Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in western Sichuan, China.

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Lolo-Burmese languages

The Lolo-Burmese languages (also Burmic languages) of Burma and Southern China form a coherent branch of the Sino-Tibetan family.

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Mao County

Mao County or Maoxian (Qiang: ʂqini) is a county in Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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Marc Miyake

Marc Hideo Miyake (Japanese name:; born July 28, 1971) is an American linguist, who specializes in historical linguistics, particularly the study of Old Japanese and Tangut.

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Min River (Sichuan)

The Min River or Min Jiang (Chinese: 江, p Mínjiāng) is a in central Sichuan province, China.

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Mongols

The Mongols (ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ, Mongolchuud) are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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Muya language

Munya or Muya (also Manyak 曼牙科, Menia 么呢阿) is one of the Qiangic languages spoken in China.

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Naic languages

The Naic or Naxish languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages that include Naxi, Na (Mosuo), Shixing (Xumi), and Namuyi (Namuzi).

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Naish languages

The Naish languages are a low-level subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages that include Naxi, Na (Mosuo), and Laze.

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Nakhi people

The Nakhi or Nashi (endonym: ¹na²khi) are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

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Namuyi language

Namuyi (Namuzi; autonym) is a poorly attested Naic and more specifically a Tibeto-Burman language of Sichuan and Tibet.

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Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (Qiang: Ggabba Shbea Rrmea nyujugvez zhou), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest.

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Northern Qiang language

Northern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 60,000 people in north-central Sichuan Province, China.

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Proto-Tibeto-Burman language

The Proto-Tibeto-Burman language is the reconstructed ancestor of the Tibeto-Burman languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages except for Chinese.

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Pumi language

The Pumi language (also known as Prinmi) is a Qiangic language used by the Pumi people, an ethnic group from Yunnan, China, as well as by the Tibetan people of Muli in Sichuan, China.

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Pumi people

The Pumi (also Primi) people (Tibetan: བོད་མི་, Wylie: bod mi,, own name) are an ethnic group.

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Qiang language

Qiang (also Qiangish languages or Rma languages) is a Sino-Tibetan language cluster of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 140,000 people in north-central Sichuan Province, China.

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Qiang people

The Qiang people are an ethnic group in China.

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RGyalrong languages

rGyalrong (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རོང), also rendered Jiarong or sometimes Gyarung, is a subbranch of the Rgyalrongic languages spoken in western Sichuan, China.

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Rgyalrongic languages

The Rgyalrongic languages (also rendered Jiarongic), constitute a branch of the Qiangic languages of Sino-Tibetan, although Randy LaPolla (2003) proposes that it may be part of a larger Rung languages group.

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Shixing language

Shixing, also rendered Shuhi, is a poorly-attested Qiangic language of Sichuan and the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Sichuan

Sichuan, formerly romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan, is a province in southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north, and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Sino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages, in a few sources also known as Trans-Himalayan, are a family of more than 400 languages spoken in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

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Songpan County

Songpan; former Songzhou, is a county of northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

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Southern Qiang language

Southern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 81,300 people along the Minjiang (岷江) river in Sichuan Province, China.

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Southwest China

Southwest China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Tangut language

Tangut (also Xīxià or Hsi-Hsia or Mi-nia) is an ancient northeastern Tibeto-Burman language once spoken in the Western Xia, also known as the Tangut Empire.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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Tibetan people

The Tibetan people are an ethnic group native to Tibet.

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Tosu language

Tosu (autonym: do33 ɕu33 na31) is a moribund Qiangic language of China which shows strong affiliations to both the Loloish languages and to Tangut, the language of the Western Xia.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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Wenchuan County

Wenchuan County is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.

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Western Xia

The Western Xia, also known as the Xi Xia Empire, to the Mongols as the Tangut Empire and to the Tangut people themselves and to the Tibetans as Mi-nyak,Stein (1972), pp.

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Ya'an

Ya'an (Tibetan: Yak-Nga) is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China, located just below the Tibetan Plateau.

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Yalong River

The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang, IPA) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.

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Zhaba language

Zhaba, also known as Bazi, Bozi, Draba, nDrapa, Zaba, Zha (Chinese: 扎坝语), is a Qiangic language of Sichuan, China spoken by about 8,000 people in Daofu County and Yajiang County.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiangic_languages

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