Tshangla
Tshangla is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan, China, and India, by about 175 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tshangla is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages. Tshangla is primarily spoken in Eastern Bhutan and acts as a lingua franca in the region; it is also spoken in the adjoining Tawang tract in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Pemako region of Tibet. Tshangla is the principal pre-Tibetic language of Bhutan.
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Words in Tshangla
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | soNo* | |
| name | miN* | |
| eye | miN* | |
| ear | rna* | |
| nose | nawuN* | |
| tooth | sya* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | gadaN* | |
| blood | yi* | |
| bone | khaN* | |
| skin | moNnaN* | |
| knee | gumziN* | |
| breast | nu* | |
| liver | CihiNpa* | |
| water | རི | ri |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | Nam* | |
| star | karmi* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | riwu* | |
| tree | syiN* | |
| leaf | syaba* | |
| night | binaN* | |
| dog | khu* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | syiN* | |
| one | thor* | |
| two | 5ikcaN* | |
| I | caN* | |
| you | nan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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