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Name:
Tibetan, Khams
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kham; Khams; Khams-Yal; Khams Bhotia; Kam; Khamba; Khampa; Kang; Khams-yal; Bhōṭiā of Khams; South-eastern Tibetan; Khams Tibetan; Tibetan,Khams
Spoken in:
China
Number of speakers:
1,490,000 (1994). 996,000 Eastern, 135,000 Southern, 158,000 Western, 91,000 Northern, 77,000 Jone, 30,000 Hbrugchu
(Ethnologue)
Code:
khg
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Tibetan; North-eastern Tibetan; Amdo; Northern (ntib)
Child Dialects:
Eastern Khams (khg-eas)
Jone (khg-jon)
Hbrugchu; hBrugchu (khg-hbr)
Southern Khams (khg-sou)
Northern Khams (khg-nor)
Western Khams (khg-wes)

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