- Khams Tibetan language
Kham Ke (ཁམས་སྐད་
Wylie transliteration : "khams skad") refers to theTibetan language dialects spoken in Eastern Tibet orKham (E. Tibet Autonomous Region, S. Qinghai, W. Sichuan, Yunnan). It should not be confused with theKham language spoken by the "Kham Magars" of Western Nepal.The ISO 639-3 code for the Kham Tibetan language is: khg.
Regional varieties
There are three main dialect groups of Kham Tibetan:
* "Central Kham" spoken in the Derge (W. Sichuan & T.A.R.) and Chamdo (T.A.R.) areas.
* "Southern Kham" spoken in the Dechen area (Yunnan & T.A.R.)
* "Northeastern Kham" spoken in Nangchen and Yushu (S. Qinghai) areas.Central Kham
outhern Kham
There are several varieties of Southern Kham Tibetan because of the mountainous region causing isolation of languages for independent development and interaction with neighboring language communities for trade.
Northeastern Kham
See also:
Tibetan language ,Tibeto-Burman languages ,Languages of China External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=khg SIL Ethnologue entry for Tibetan, Kham]
* [http://www.isw.unibe.ch/tibet/RESEARCH/Introd_derge.htm A grammar of the Tibetan Dege (Sde dge) dialect] (Introduction) - Häsler, Katrin Louise. 1999.
* [http://khamaid.org/programs/education/tibschool.htm The Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province]
* [http://www.zangthal.co.uk/tibetan.html www.zangthal.co.uk] Kham dialect notes
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