Drugchu language

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Drugchu
Native toChina
Region Gansu
Native speakers
ca. 1000? (2005) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog hbru1241
hbru1242   Hbrugchu

Drugchu (Hbrugchu, Zhugchu) is an endangered [2] 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
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Mid e o
Open æ ɒː

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Tournadre, Nicolas; Suzuki, Hiroyuki (2023). "The geography and the people". The Tibetic Languages: an introduction to the family of languages derived from Old Tibetan. France: LACITO. pp. 83–88. ISBN   9782490768080.