Rgyalrong
E681143
Rgyalrong is a group of closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in western Sichuan, China, known for their complex morphology and conservative phonological features.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Rgyalrong Tibetans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gyarong
NERFINISHED
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Rgyalrongic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactInfluenceFrom |
Chinese
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | individual varieties have separate ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariety |
Japhug Rgyalrong
NERFINISHED
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Situ Rgyalrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Tshobdun Rgyalrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Zbu Rgyalrong ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex consonant clusters
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complex syllable structure ⓘ conservative phonology ⓘ polypersonal agreement ⓘ prefixing morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ templatic verb structure ⓘ tone or pitch accent (varies by variety) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | morphologically complex ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | primarily accusative with complex agreement patterns ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringLanguage |
Khams Tibetan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ |
| hasNotableResearcher |
Guillaume Jacques
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Randy J. LaPolla NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Hongkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex onset clusters
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uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
historical linguistics
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morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Tibetan script (for some varieties) ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
complex verb agreement
ⓘ
conservative retention of Proto-Sino-Tibetan features ⓘ rich derivational morphology ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Rgyalrong people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ western Sichuan ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Qiangic languages
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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