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Baima is a language spoken by 11,000 people of Tibetan nationality in north central Sichuan Province, China. It has vigorous
use amongst adult speakers. Baima uses subject–object–verb (SOV) word order, initial consonant word clusters and is tonal.
It is unclassified within Tibeto-Burman; there are multiple layers of borrowings from Amdo, Khams, and Zhongu Tibetan, as
well as lexical and grammatical connections with Qiangic languages. Basic vocabulary is about 85% Tibetan and 15% Qiangic,
and the Tibetan words do not link to any established group of Tibetan languages. Chirkova (2008) suggests that the Qiangic
vocabulary might be a retention from the language originally spoken by the Báimǎ before their shift to a form of Tibetan in
the 7th century. She accepts Baima as Tibetan, but as an isolate within the Tibetan languages. |
Names (more)[en] Baima language[fr] Baima [hr] Baima jezik [pt] Língua baima [th] ภาษาไบมา [zh] 白马语 |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : bqhLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bqhhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:bqh More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: bqhFreebase ISO 639-3 : bqh GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |