Tibetan, Amdo
A language of China
| Population | 810,000 (Wurm et al. 1987). 538,500 Hbrogpa, 97,600 Rongba, 112,800 Rongmahbrogpa, 60,600 Rtahu. |
| Region | Huangnan, Hainan, Haibei, and Guoluo (Golog) Tibetan autonomous prefectures; Qinghai Province, Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan-Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture; Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Gansu Province, Tianzhu Autonomous County; west and north Sichuan Province, Ganzi, Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan autonomous prefectures. |
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| Alternate names | Amdo, Anduo, Ngambo |
| Dialects | Hbrogpa, Rongba, Rongmahbrogpa, Rtahu. Central Tibetan [bod] or Khams Tibetan [khg] varieties not intelligible. Dialects may not be mutually intelligible. Lexical similarity: 70% with Central Tibetan and Khams Tibetan. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Northern |
| Language use | All ages. |
| Language development | Dictionary. |
| Writing system | Tibetan script. |
| Comments | Part of Tibetan nationality. Those in ‘Golog’ are called ‘Golog’, ‘Ngolok’, ‘Mgolog’, ‘Ggolo’. SOV, many onset clusters. Pastoral: yak, sheep; wool. Buddhist (Lamaist). |
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