Drugchu language

Tibetic language spoken in China
Drugchu
Native toChina
RegionGansu
Native speakers
ca. 1000? (2005)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Drugchu
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologhbru1242

Drugchu (Hbrugchu, Zhugchu) is a Tibetic language of Gansu spoken by a few hundred or thousand people.[1]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Drugchu
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palato-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ
voiced d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x h
voiced v z ʒ ɣ
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j
Vowel phonemes of Drugchu
Front Back
Close
Mid e o
Open æ ɒː

References

  1. ^ a b Tournadre, Nicolas (2005). "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes" (PDF). Lalies (in French). 25. Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure: 7–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-03.
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