Jiarong language

Jiarong (Gyarong, rGyalrong) is a Jiarongic dialect continuum of China.

Based on mutual intelligibility, they are four languages:

• Situ (Chinese 四土话), or less precisely Eastern Rgyalrong
• Japhug (Chinese Chabao 茶堡, also Dazang)
• Tshobdun (Chinese Caodeng 草登, also Sidaba)
• Showu (Chinese Ribu 日部, also Zbu)

Ethnologue makes no mention of Showu.

See Jiarongic languages for a comparison.

Situ verbal agreement

Data adapted from Lin (1993). Columns indicate the patient, and rows the agent. For example, the item tə-no-n in row "2sg" and column "3" means "you(singular) drive him/her/it/them.two/them".

1sg	1du	1pl	2sg	2du	2pl	3
			ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-ŋ	1sg
			ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-tʃ	1du
			ta-no	ta-no-ntʃ	ta-no-ɲ	no-i	1pl
kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-n	2sg
kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-ntʃ	2du
kə-w-no-ŋ	kə-w-no-tʃ	kə-w-no-i				tə-no-ɲ	2pl
wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-u	3sg
wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-ntʃ	3du
wə-no-ŋ	wə-no-tʃ	wə-no-i	tə-w-no	tə-w-no-ntʃ	tə-w-no-ɲ	no-ɲ	3pl

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