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Encyclopedia > Kham dialect

Khams Ke (ཁམས་སྐད་ Wylie transliteration: khams skad) refers to the Tibetan language dialects spoken in Eastern Tibet or Kham (E. Tibet Autonomous Region, S. Qinghai, W. Sichuan, Yunnan). It should not be confused with the Kham language spoken by the Kham Magars of Western Nepal. The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating the Tibetan script using the keys on a typical English language typewriter. ... The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ... Kham (Wylie transliteration: Khams, Tibetan: ཁམས, Simplified Chinese: 康, Pinyin: Kāng) province is one of several provinces comprising traditional Tibet (the others Amdo and Ãœ-Tsang). ... The Kham language is a complex of unwritten Tibeto-Burmese dialects spoken in the remoter highlands of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. ...


The ISO/DIS 639-3 code for the Khams Tibetan language is: khg.

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Regional varieties

There are three main dialect groups of Khams Tibetan:

  • Central Khams spoken in the Derge (W. Sichuan & T.A.R.) and Chamdo (T.A.R.) areas.
  • Southern Khams spoken in the Dechen area (Yunnan & T.A.R.)
  • Northeastern Khams spoken in Nangchen and Yushu (S. Qinghai) areas.

Central Khams

 


Southern Khams

 


Northeastern Khams

 


See also: Tibetan language, Tibeto-Burman languages, Languages of China The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (the Burmese language as well as the languages of minorities like the Karens and Kachins), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Lahu, Lisu, Akha languages), southern China, Nepal, Bhutan... For treatment of the various forms of spoken Chinese, see Chinese spoken languages. ...


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