Horpa > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Horpa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ergong; Daofu; Horpa-Shangzhai; Hor; Hórsók; Danba; Western Jiarong; Pawang; Bawang; sTau; Daufu
Spoken in:
China
Number of speakers:
45,000 (Shearer and Sun 2002). 15,000 monolinguals. Eastern dialect: 4000, Northern dialect: 5000, Central dialect: 19,000, Western Dialect 17,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ero
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
rGyarong; rGyalrong; Rgyarong (rgya)
Child Dialects:
Daofu; Ergong; Horpa-Shangzhai; Horpa; Daofuhua; Taofu; Western Horpa; Western Ergong (ero-dao)
Geshiza; Geshitsa (ero-ges)

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