Qiangic languages

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Qiangic is a language family of northeastern Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in Tibet and some other western areas of China.

Contents 1 Family division 2 See also 3 External links 4 Bibliography

[edit] Family division

Qiangic consists of 12 languages:

1. Jiarong (a.k.a. rGyal-rong)

A. Qiang

2. Northern Qiang

3. Southern Qiang

4. Ergong

5. Zaba

6. Guichong

7. Muya

8. Ersu (a.k.a. Tosu)

9. Choyo

10. Narmuyi

11. Shixing

12. Pumi (a.k.a. Primi)

13. Tangut (disputed)

[edit] See also

• Tibeto-Burman languages

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue: Qiangic
• Ethnologue: Tangut-Qiang
• Site on Qiangic languages (French and Chinese)

[edit] Bibliography

• Bradley, David. (1997). Tibeto-Burman languages and classification. In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in South East Asian linguistics: Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (No. 14, pp. 1-71). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
• Sun, Hongkai. (1983). The nationality languages in the six valleys and their language branches. Yunnan Minzuxuebao, 3, 99-273. (Written in Chinese).