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 alphabet 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kham (Wylie transliteration: Khams, Tibetan: à½à½˜à½¦, Simplified Chinese: 康, Pinyin: KÄng) 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.
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... Jump to: navigation, search For treatment of the various forms of spoken Chinese, see Chinese spoken languages. ...
External links
SIL Ethnologue entry for Tibetan, Khams
A grammar of the Tibetan Dege (Sde dge) dialect (Introduction) - Häsler, Katrin Louise. 1999.
The classical written language has nine cases: the absolutive, (unmarked morphologically), the genitive (-gi, -gyi, -kyi, -'i, -yi), the ergative/instrumental (-gi, -gyi, -kyi, -'i, -yi), the locative (-na), allative (-la), terminative (-ru, -su, -tu, -du, -r), comitative (-dang), the ablative (-nas), and the elative (-las).
Tibetans also studied their own language, mostly for translation purpose for diplomacy (with India and China) or religion (from Buddhism).
Languages on the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas - Nicolas Tournadre
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