Qiang language
Dialect continuum of Sichuan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qiang language, called Rma (尔玛) or Rme [1] by its speakers, 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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Ethnicity | Qiang people |
Geographic distribution | Sichuan Province |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Glottolog | qian1264 |
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Qiang consists of:
- Northern Qiang language (a non-tonal language)
- Southern Qiang language (a tonal language)