Gyalrongic languages
Branch of the Qiangic languages of Sino-Tibetan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gyalrongic languages (also known as Rgyalrongic or Jiarongic) constitute a branch of the Qiangic languages of Sino-Tibetan,[1] but some propose that it may be part of a larger Rung languages group and do not consider it to be particularly closely related to Qiangic but suggest that similarities between Gyalrongic and Qiangic may be from areal influence.[2] However, other work suggests that Qiangic as a whole may in fact be paraphyletic, with the only commonalities of the supposed "branch" being shared archaisms and areal features that were encouraged by language contact.[3] Jacques & Michaud (2011) propose that Qiangic including Gyalrongic may belong to a larger Burmo-Qiangic group based on some lexical innovations.[4]
Gyalrongic | |
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Jiarongic, Rgyalrongic | |
Geographic distribution | China |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | rgya1241 |