Qiang language

Qiang
Geographic
distribution
Sichuan Province
EthnicityQiang people
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
  • Northern Qiang
  • Southern Qiang
  • Language codes
    Glottologqian1264

    Qiang language, called Rma (尔玛) or Rme [1] by its speakers, is a Sino-Tibetan language cluster of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 140,000 people in north-central Sichuan Province, China.

    Qiang consists of:

    1. ^ Wen, Maotao (2014). The Creation of the Qiang Ethnicity, its Relation to the Rme People and the Preservation of Rme Language (Master's thesis). Duke University.