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Choyo language
Qiangic language spoken in China and Tibet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Queyu (Choyo, Choyu) is a Qiangic language of Yajiang County and Xinlong County, Sichuan. It is similar with and shares a name with Zhaba, but the two languages are distinct from each other.
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Dialects
The four dialects of Choyo are those of:[2]
- Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡, Xinlong County (Wang 1991; Huang ed. 1992)[3][4] (which also has Western Horpa speakers[5])
- Rongba Township 绒坝乡, Litang County (Nishida 2008)[6]
- Tuanjie Township 团结乡, Yajiang County (Lu 1985; Sun ed. 1991)[7][8]
- Xiala Township 呷拉乡, Yajiang County (Prins & Nagano 2013)[9] (which also has Dao speakers[10])
Suzuki & Wangmo (2016)[2] consider the Lhagang Choyu language to be similar to but not part of Choyu proper, which consists of the four dialects listed above.
Huang & Dai (1992)[4] document the Queyu dialect spoken in Youlaxi Township 尤拉西乡, Xinlong County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan.
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Lhagang Choyu
Lhagang Choyu (Chinese: Tagong Queyu 塔公却域語) is a Qiangic language similar to Choyu recently described by Suzuki & Wangmo (2018).[11] It is spoken in Tage [Thabs-mkhas] Hamlet, southwestern Tagong [lHa-sgang] Town, Kangding [Dar-mdo] Municipality, Sichuan Province, China. It used to be spoken in Xiya 西雅 Hamlet of the same township (Suzuki & Wangmo 2016:63). Lhagang Choyu is an endangered language with about 100 speakers.
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Phonology
- /f/ and /ŋ̊/ are only observed in one word each.
References
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