| Zhaba | |
|---|---|
| [dʐa35 ʂka55] | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | 7,800 (2008)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zhb |
| Glottolog | zhab1238 |
| ELP | Zhaba |
 Zhaba is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Zhaba, also known as Bazi, Bozi, Draba, nDrapa, Zaba, Zha (Chinese: 扎坝语 or 扎巴语), is a Qiangic language of Sichuan, China spoken by about 8,000 people in Daofu County and Yajiang County. The Zhaba, who are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Tibetan people, refer to themselves as [ndʐa55 pɪ31] and to the Zhaba language as [ndʐa35 ʂka55].[2] Neighboring Khams Tibetan speakers refer to the Zhaba people as [ndʐa55 pa55]. Zhaba speakers live primarily in the Xianshui River 鲜水河 valley.[2]
Descriptions of Zhaba include Huang (1991)[3] and Gong (2007).[2] Huang & Dai (1992)[4] document the Queyu dialect spoken in Zhatuo Village 扎拖村, Zhatuo Township 扎拖乡, Daofu County, Sichuan.
- ^ Zhaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Gong Qunhu [龚群虎]. 2007. Zhabayu yanjiu [扎巴语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
- ^ Huang Bufan (黄布凡), 1991: 扎坝语 [Zhaba language]. In Dai Qingxia, Huang Bufan, Fu Ailan, Renzeng-Wangmu, and Liu Juhuang (戴庆厦、黄布凡、傅爱 兰、仁增旺姆、刘菊黄) Zangmianyu Shiwu-zhong (藏缅语十五种: Fifteen Tibeto-Burman languages). Beijing: Beijing Yanshan Chubanshe, pp. 64-97.
- ^ Huang Bufan and Dai Qingxia, eds. 1992. Zangmianyuzu yuyan cihui 《藏緬語族語言詞匯》[A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon]. Beijing: Central Institute of Minorities.