Zhaba language

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The Zhaba language is a lesser-known Qiangic tongue spoken by the Zhaba people in parts of Sichuan, China, and is considered endangered.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Qiangic language
endangered language
language
altName Zaba NERFINISHED
Zhaba Qiangic NERFINISHED
Zhaba Tibetan NERFINISHED
associatedEthnicity Zhaba people NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country China
documentationStatus limited descriptive work
endangermentLevel definitely endangered
hasDialect Lower Zhaba NERFINISHED
Upper Zhaba
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
tone distinctions
ISO639-3Code zhb
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
linguisticArea Sichuan–Tibetan linguistic area NERFINISHED
macroArea Eurasia NERFINISHED
primaryContactLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Tibetan
region western Sichuan
spokenBy Zhaba people NERFINISHED
spokenByMinorityGroup true
spokenIn China NERFINISHED
Sichuan NERFINISHED
status endangered
subfamily Qiangic languages
threatenedBy language shift to Mandarin Chinese
language shift to Tibetan
typology tonal language
usedFor daily communication within Zhaba communities
vitalityTrend declining intergenerational transmission
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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Qiangic languages hasSubgroup Zhaba language