Drugchu language explained

Drugchu language should not be confused with Hbrugchu dialect.

Drugchu
State:China
Region:Gansu
Speakers:ca. 1000?
Date:2005
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Kanauri ?
Fam3:Bodish
Fam4:Tibetic
Iso3:none
Glotto:hbru1242
Glottorefname:Hbrugchu

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

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Drugchu
BilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalato-alveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Affricatevoicelesspronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Tappronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowel phonemes of Drugchu!! Front! Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

  1. Tournadre . Nicolas . Nicolas Tournadre . 2005 . L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes . Lalies . 25 . 7–56 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090337/http://www.nicolas-tournadre.net/wp-content/uploads/multimedia/2005-aire.pdf . 2017-08-03 . fr . Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure.