Kyerung

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
kgy
Alternate Names
Kyerong, Kyirong, Kyirong kai
User Population

100 in China (2002). Total users in all countries: 600.

Location

Xizang Autonomous Region: Shigatse prefecture, Kyirong district, lower Kyirong (26 villages) and Lende valley (16 villages).

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality: Tibetan.

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, gTsang
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar with Syuba [syw]. Lexical similarity: 89% with Helambu Sherpa [scp], 83% with Tibetan [bod].

Typology

SOV; postpositions; content q-word placed directly before copula and main verb; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; ergativity: Split S system; 26 consonant and 24 vowel phonemes; tonal.

Language Development

Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kyerung
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Buddhist.

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