| Gyalrongic | |
|---|---|
| Jiarongic, Rgyalrongic | |
| Geographic distribution | China |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | rgya1241 |
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The Gyalrongic languages (also known as Rgyalrongic or Jiarongic) constitute a branch of the Qiangic languages of Sino-Tibetan,[1] but some propose that it may be part of a larger Rung languages group and do not consider it to be particularly closely related to Qiangic but suggest that similarities between Gyalrongic and Qiangic may be from areal influence.[2] However, other work suggests that Qiangic as a whole may in fact be paraphyletic, with the only commonalities of the supposed "branch" being shared archaisms and areal features that were encouraged by language contact.[3] Jacques & Michaud (2011) propose that Qiangic including Gyalrongic may belong to a larger Burmo-Qiangic group based on some lexical innovations.[4]
- ^ Matisoff, James. 2004. "Brightening" and the place of Xixia (Tangut) in the Qiangic subgroup of Tibeto-Burman
- ^ LaPolla, Randy. 2003. "Overview of Sino-Tibetan Morphosyntax". In Graham Thurgood & Randy LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages., 30. London: Routledge.
- ^ Katia Chirkova (2012). "The Qiangic subgroup from an areal perspective: A case study of languages of Muli" (PDF). Language and Linguistics. 13 (1): 133–170.
- ^ Guillaume Jaques and Alexis Michaud (2011). "Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze" (PDF). Diachronica. 28: 468–498. doi:10.1075/dia.28.4.02jac. S2CID 54013956.