| Dongwang Tibetan | |
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| Tongwa Tibetan | |
| tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³/tõ⁵⁵wã⁵³ rũ¹¹ | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | EasternShangri-La,Diqing,Yunnan |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Dongwang Tibetan is aTibetic language ofYunnan,China, once considered adialect ofKhams. It is spoken in the eastern part ofShangri-La County, along theDongwang River, by about 6,000 people.[1]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||