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Name: Jiarong Type: Language Alternate Names: rGyalrong Proper; rGyal rong; Gyarong; Gyarung; Jyarung; rGyarong; Chiarong; Jarong; Rgyarong; rGyarung Spoken in: China Number of speakers: 83,000 (1999 H. Sun). 25,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 151,197 including 139,000 in Situ Jiarong, 12,197 in Chabao and Sidaba (Lin 1993) (Ethnologue) Code: jya Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Sino-Tibetan Parent Subgroup: rGyarong; rGyalrong; Rgyarong (rgya) Child Dialect Groups: Sidaba; Northwestern rGyalrong; Sidaba rGyalrong; Caodeng; Northwestern Jiarong; North-western Jiarong (jya-sid) Situ; Eastern rGyalrong; Eastern Jiarong; Sita (jya-sit) Child Dialect: Chabao; Northeastern rGyalrong; Dazang; Northeastern Jiarong; North-eastern Jiarong (jya-cha)