Dongwang Tibetan language

Dongwang Tibetan
Tongwa Tibetan
tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³/tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³ rũ¹¹
Native to	China
Region	Eastern Shangri-La, Diqing, Yunnan
Native speakers	6,000 (2005) [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri  ? Bodish Tibetic Khams Dongwang Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Dongwang Tibetan is a Tibetic language of Yunnan, China, once considered a dialect of Khams. It is spoken in the eastern part of Shangri-La County, along the Dongwang River, by about 6,000 people. ^[1]

References

1. N. Tournadre (2005) "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes." Lalies, 2005, n°25, p. 7–56

Bibliography

• Ellen Bartee, 2007. A grammar of Dongwang Tibetan.