Drugchu language

Not to be confused with Hbrugchu dialect.
Drugchu
Native toChina
RegionGansu
Native speakers
ca. 1000? (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologhbru1241
hbru1242  Hbrugchu

Drugchu (Hbrugchu, Zhugchu) is an endangered[2] Tibetic language of Gansu spoken by a few hundred or thousand people.[1]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Drugchu
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palato-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ
voiced d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x h
voiced v z ʒ ɣ
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j
Vowel phonemes of Drugchu
Front Back
Close iː uː
Mid e o
Open æ ɒː

References

  1. ^ a b Tournadre, Nicolas (2005). "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes" (PDF). Lalies (in French). 25. Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure: 7–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-03.
  2. ^ Tournadre, Nicolas; Suzuki, Hiroyuki (2023). "The geography and the people". The Tibetic Languages: an introduction to the family of languages derived from Old Tibetan. France: LACITO. pp. 83–88. ISBN 9782490768080.
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